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CDFA’s first-ever Farm Equity Advisor, Thea Rittenhouse (R), along with Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (center) and legislative staff member Kimberly Kollwitz. Rittenhouse fills a position created by the Farmer Equity Act,<\/a><\/strong> a bill authored by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry that supports socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in California. 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