Born in 1929, Dr. William Wood was raised on a farm ranch in Yuba County, California. After working with the Almond Grower’s Association and the Federal Marketing Order, Wood pursued graduate work in Agricultural Economics, receiving his PhD in 1965 from UC Berkeley. While there he began his lifelong work on the issues of water and land policy. In 1964, Dr. Wood took a position with Extension at UC Riverside as a Marketing Specialist. Later, as Program Director, Wood worked extensively in the areas of land policy and water management. In this interview, he discusses the politics of marketing orders, the issues use and taxation in California land policy. Interview topics include: growers associations; farmer-university Relations; 1964 Williamson Act; land policy; Proposition 13; California environmentalists and agriculturists; changes in UC Extension 1964-present.