The California Walnut industry is built on core values which include operating with honesty and integrity. Our mandates, as a federal marketing order and state commission, necessitate an environment of equity, inclusion and respect in compliance with USDA federal and California state policies that prohibit discrimination in all programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital/familial/parental status, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, or because all or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance programs.
The California Walnut Board and Commission’s full non-discrimination statement can be found here.