Author Archives: Office of Public Affairs

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Reedley’s Gold,” a story about the olive oil program at Reedley College in Fresno County.

http://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18193 9-9-2013 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring September 9, 2013 as Admission Day in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF … Continue reading →

http://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18187 9-3-2013 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring September, 2013, as California Wine Month in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF … Continue reading →

California’s 80,500 farms and ranches received a record high $44.7 billion for their output last year. The State’s agriculture revenues increased 3 percent for 2012 from the revised 2011 income level of $43.3 billion, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service … Continue reading →

In northwestern Europe, hunter-gatherers may have acquired domestic pigs from neighboring agricultural communities, according to a study published (August 27) in the journal Nature Communications. The pigs’ coats might have looked similar to that of this modern-day Bentheimer pig.(Ben Krause-Kyora … Continue reading →

The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “From Service to Harvest,” a story of veterans turning to farming after their service is complete.

There has been a changing of the guard this summer among the California Dog Teams – comprised of specially trained dogs that sniff parcels and are part of the state’s first line of defense against invasive species. Three veteran dogs … Continue reading →

The Sacramento Visitors and Convention Bureau has produced a video outlining why the Sacramento-area can stake a claim as America’s farm-to-fork capital. CDFA Secretary Karen Ross appears at the 10:30 and 12:55 marks.