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Thankful for what’s on our table

November 25, 2014   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

What’s on the table for the Thanksgiving feast is often a matter of household tradition. In my family, that means turkey with all the fixings! Maybe your traditional Thanksgiving is much the same, but it’s good to know that here in California our bountiful crops and agricultural products make the options pretty inspiring. Whatever is on your family’s table – …

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December is Farm to Food Bank Month – Pushing for 200 Million Pounds of Food Annually by 2015

November 14, 2013   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

It is believed that more than 49 million people are food insecure in our nation – one in every six Americans.  In California, almost 4 million people are food insecure, which means they could not afford enough food at least once in the previous year.  As you can imagine, the hardest hit demographic is low-income households with children. In a …

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