"Gathering of Wings" Banquet & Silent Auction

Saturday, January 27, 2024
5:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Bell Memorial Union Auditorium
CSU, Chico
Corner of 2nd Street and Chestnut Street, Chico, CA

Cost per person: $50 Adult, $30 Youth (17 years and younger) and students with ID
Beer & Wine (no host)

Don’t miss the biggest event of the Snow Goose Festival, our Gathering of Wings Banquet. This treasured evening is a mix of great food, great company, and great entertainment and is anticipated by many as the one chance each year they have the opportunity to visit and catch up with fellow birders and friends in the community. Join field trip leaders, and all our hard-working committee members and volunteers in celebrating this special evening.

Featured Keynote Speakers: Bryce and Brita Lundberg, Lundberg Family Farms

Bryce Lundberg is Vice President of Agriculture at Lundberg Family Farms and a third-generation rice farmer. He serves as chair of the Northern California Water Association, on the board of the Western Canal Water District, and on the California State Board of Food and Agriculture. Bryce has previously served on the boards of California Certified Organic Farmers, the California Organic Food Advisory Board, and the California Rice Research Board, as well as on the standards committee of the Organic Crop Improvement Association. As passionate advocates of regenerative organic farming, Bryce and his family aspire to follow in their founding fore-farmers’ footsteps by leaving the land better than they found it.

Brita Lundberg is Chief Storyteller at Lundberg Family Farms. As a fourth-generation farmer, Brita has boots-on-the-ground experience in the fields, where she learned the importance of working in partnership with nature. After growing up on the farm and gaining experience in different areas of the company, Brita studied literature and spent several years honing her storytelling skills in the New York publishing world, most recently at Simon & Schuster. However, Brita’s favorite story to tell is her family’s. Now, as a resident expert on the brand’s rich history and heritage, Brita shares the Lundberg story with a broad base of eco-conscious consumers and advocates for regenerative organic farming practices as part of the climate solution. Brita also serves on the boards of Audubon California and AltaCal.

Keynote Address: “In Partnership with Nature: The Power of Regenerative Organic Farming Practices to Provide Habitat, Heal Soil, and Support Communities”

 In 1937, Albert and Frances Lundberg left Nebraska in the wake of the Dust Bowl with their four sons, a flatbed Chevy truck, a Farmall tractor, and a new philosophy: “Leave the land better than you found it.” A few generations later, father-daughter farming duo Bryce and Brita Lundberg are following in their fore-farmers’ footsteps by caring for their family’s land and the creatures who call it home, including thousands—if not millions! —of migratory birds. People used to call them “those crazy Lundbergs” for trying to do something different, from refusing to burn rice straw left in the fields after harvest to rescuing duck eggs from their fields before planting. Today, they call them Regenerative Organic Certified®. But what does “regenerative” really mean, and what the duck does it have to do with birds? With a few jokes and a little fowl language, Bryce and Brita Lundberg will share their family’s vision for a world in which farmers and conservationists can work together, in partnership with nature, to leave the land better than they found it. 

Silent Auction

Silent auction begins at 5:30 pm

The Silent Auction tables will accompany us while we dine at the BMU and will include a variety of exquisite items including works of art, wine, and services. Your financial participation directly affects our ability to ensure that the Snow Goose Festival remains the North State's premier birding event, so enjoy the evening bidding for an event or item that you love. You won't be disappointed!