{"id":31257,"date":"2026-07-03T16:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/?p=31257"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:46:32","slug":"celebrating-americas-250th-birthday-and-agricultures-foundational-place-in-it-this-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/celebrating-americas-250th-birthday-and-agricultures-foundational-place-in-it-this-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating America\u2019s 250th birthday and agriculture\u2019s foundational place in it this Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From CDFA Secretary Karen Ross<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/07.04.26-Happy-Independence-Day2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/07.04.26-Happy-Independence-Day2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/07.04.26-Happy-Independence-Day2.png 384w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/07.04.26-Happy-Independence-Day2-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Happy 250<sup>th<\/sup> birthday America! As we celebrate our Nation\u2019s founding, the California Department of Food and Agriculture offers a message of gratitude for the farmers, ranchers, farmworkers and all who work so hard to produce the bounty of America\u2019s food and steward our land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">It is especially fitting to hold up all who have a role in agriculture because it has always been foundational to our Nation\u2019s economy and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">George Washington was a soldier, our Nation\u2019s first President and a farmer \u2013 one who experimented with new crops, crop rotations and new fertilizers.&nbsp;Thomas Jefferson was also an innovative farmer who wrote:&nbsp; <strong><em>\u201cAgriculture is our wisest pursuit because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; In the midst of the Civil War (May 1862) , President Abraham Lincoln, who also had agrarian roots, established the United States Department of Agriculture to support farmers and rural communities with research farms on what is now the National Mall.&nbsp;Throughout his presidency he pushed for legislation to advance agricultural research and education with the enactment of the Homestead Act for westward development; the Pacific Railway Act (to improve transportation of crops); the Morrill Act that established the land grant university system; and, the National Academy of Sciences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In 1935 President Franklin D. 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