Full Name
Juan Hidalgo
Job Title
Agricultural Commissioner
Speaker Bio
Juan Hidalgo has served as Agricultural Commissioner for Monterey County since February 2023. Prior to that role, he served as Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures for Santa Cruz County, where he had served in various roles since 2004.
Hidalgo grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science in 2000. He started his career working for Foster Farms overseeing poultry production farms in the Central Valley, according to a profile of Hidalgo on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation website. He later worked a seasonal position with the Marin County Department of Agriculture inspecting nursery stock for glassy-winged sharpshooters, a disease-carrying insect threatening vineyards.
Hidalgo grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science in 2000. He started his career working for Foster Farms overseeing poultry production farms in the Central Valley, according to a profile of Hidalgo on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation website. He later worked a seasonal position with the Marin County Department of Agriculture inspecting nursery stock for glassy-winged sharpshooters, a disease-carrying insect threatening vineyards.
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