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Growing California video series – “Fun, Food, Festivals”

July 2, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Fun, Food, Festivals,” a celebration of California agriculture.

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State Fair Wine Competition a welcome sign of fair season

June 27, 2013   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

  As we look forward to the start of another State Fair season in California (July 12-28), an annual hallmark of preparation has already passed – the State Fair Wine Competition. Each year, wine experts from around the state gather to taste and rate many hundreds of California wines. The judges are wine educators, wine makers, wine journalists, retailers, wholesalers, …

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Growing California video series – “Blooming Business”

June 25, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Blooming Business,” a profile of California’s cut flower industry.

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Farmers’ Markets Credited in Fitness Survey – California Cities Place High

June 17, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

Four California communities have placed in the Top-15 fittest cities in the country, according to the 2013 American Fitness Index. The Bay Area, defined as San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont, placed fourth; the Sacramento area was seventh; the greater San Jose area placed 10th; and San Diego finished 14th. The index considers a number of factors in determining fitness, including …

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Huell Howser and California’s Golden Fairs – San Diego County

June 7, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

Several years ago, the late public television personality Huell Howser produced a series of reports called California’s Golden Fairs. One of the segments featured the San Diego County Fair, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which begins its 24-day run tomorrow.  

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Detection Dogs profiled on NBC Bay Area

June 3, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Agricultural-Dogs-Sniffing-Out-Illegal-Produce-209436231.html This video content is no longer available. View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com.   There was a time when Hawkeye the dog stood amidst the humblest of life’s predicaments. He was confined to a kennel in Georgia, his days playing-out in a small concrete cell. But this was one of those occasions where fate interceded, drawing open a rusted chain …

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Growing California video series wins two Telly Awards

May 30, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

The Growing California video series, a partnership betweeen CDFA and California Grown produced in association with California State University, Sacramento, has been recognized with two 2013 Telly Awards, a video competition now in its 34th year. The two segments that won, “Chef’s Guide” and “Free-Spirit Farmer,” were honored in the category of Online Video – Information. Growing California is an in-depth …

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State Scientist Day at the Capitol: CDFA’s Experts Show Kids the Science of Agriculture

May 15, 2013   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

On my calendar today was a series of events and meetings, each of them important to the future of California agriculture. But one event stood out:  State Scientist Day on the west steps of our State Capitol, hosted by the California Association of Professional Scientists.  This was my annual opportunity to rub elbows with the scientists of the future – …

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Growing California video series: “Delta Delicacy”

May 14, 2013   CDFA Staff

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Delta Delicacy,” a story of California asparagus that starts with the Stockton Asparagus Festival and shows the people and process that bring this wonderful crop to harvest.

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UC Davis named number-one ag school in the world

May 9, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10590 (Excerpted From a UC Davis News Release) The University of California, Davis, is No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture and forestry, according to rankings released today by QS World University Rankings. This is the first year that the organization — which provides annual rankings in 29 other subject areas — has …

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