The Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner's Office is entrusted with the mission of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the County, ensuring the health and safety of the County's citizens, and fostering confidence and equity in the marketplace through education and the fair and uniform enforcement of laws, regulations, and ordinances enacted by the people of the State of California and the County of Riverside. Its mission is accomplished through the management of various programs utilizing a combination of public outreach, industry education and coordinated statewide regulatory programs.
In agriculture, as in other professions, information technology is an increasingly important tool. Whether it is using geographic information systems to assist with planting or pest control decisions, or surfing the web to learn more about developing new marketing strategies, the amount of information available to agricultural producers has grown by leaps and bounds. The department is involved in the following programs: Pest Detection and Exclusion; Seed Certification; Nursery Inspection; Egg, Fruit and Vegetable Quality Control; Direct Marketing/Certified Farmers Markets; Organic Crop Inspection; Apiary Inspection; Crop and Livestock; Statistics and Weights and Measures Consumer Protection related Programs.
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