Sam Farr
Sam Farr
Samuel Sharon "Sam" Farris the U.S. Representative for California's 20th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. On November 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 July 1941
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Sam Farr quotes about
You're more interested in a political message than you are in solving the problem,
To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit.
When I was in the California legislature in the '80s, the organic growers, who were sort of the small hippie farmers in those days, brought it to my attention that there were no regulations on organic labeling. In essence, anybody could just grow a thing any way they wanted and put 'organic' on it.