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Thank you, Mr. Lincoln

May 3, 2012   Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

I had an opportunity this week to acknowledge and help commemorate a genuinely transformative event in American history. The action itself was simple – the stroke of a pen. And, as it turned out, the man wielding the pen has been immortalized for very different achievements. But this one, in its own way, changed the world. It was 1862, and …

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Modesto Bee: Woodlake kids pick gardens over gangs

December 19, 2011   CDFA Staff

Read the original story from Modesto Bee When Manuel Jimenez first set eyes on the land below a levee, thick with brush and weeds, the one-time field worker envisioned a place where youngsters could escape the temptations of gang life and learn about the San Joaquin Valley’s most vital industry. But, like many places in California’s farming belt, this Tulare …

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