{"id":14157,"date":"2017-11-07T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=14157"},"modified":"2017-11-07T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:22:35","slug":"a-welcome-first-visit-to-california-from-usda-secretary-sonny-perdue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/index.php\/2017\/11\/07\/a-welcome-first-visit-to-california-from-usda-secretary-sonny-perdue\/","title":{"rendered":"A welcome first visit to California from USDA secretary Sonny Perdue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14158\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14158\" class=\"wp-image-14158\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KBR-Perdue-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KBR-Perdue-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/KBR-Perdue.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary Ross with USDA secretary Sonny Perdue (r), California Farm Bureau president Paul Wenger (center) and Farm Bureau vice-president Jamie Johansson (L).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was pleased to travel to Modesto on Sunday (Nov 5) to meet with USDA secretary Sonny Perdue on his first official visit to California!\u00a0 We had a great discussion\u00a0about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/farm_bill\/\">Farm Bill programs important to California<\/a> and other issues like Ag workforce needs, the critical priority of trade, the reasonable implementation of food safety laws, water reliability, and environmental standards that manage to avoid stifling innovation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14159\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14159\" class=\" wp-image-14159\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perdue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perdue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perdue-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Perdue.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary Perdue speaks to Ag leaders at Modesto Junior College.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Perdue spoke to a group of Ag leaders gathered at Modesto Junior College and then was careful to listen to their comments and concerns.<\/p>\n<p>I have every confidence that Secretary Perdue will be a strong, engaged leader at USDA; someone who will work for the betterment of California and the nation. I look forward to working with him in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14163\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14163\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14163\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Breanna-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Breanna-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Breanna.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary Ross at Modesto JC with the new FFA national president, Breanna Holbert, a student at CSU Chico.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was pleased to travel to Modesto on Sunday (Nov 5) to meet with USDA secretary 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