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Robots to Revolutionize Farming, Ease Labor Woes – From the Associated Press via SF Gate

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

  http://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/Robots-to-revolutionize-farming-ease-labor-woes-4665421.php#photo-4914491 By GOSIA WOZNIACKA and TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley … Continue reading →

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Growing California video series – “Fun, Food, Festivals”

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Fun, Food, Festivals,” a celebration of California agriculture.

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State Fair Wine Competition a welcome sign of fair season

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

  As we look forward to the start of another State Fair season in California (July 12-28), an annual hallmark of preparation has already passed – the State Fair Wine Competition. Each year, wine experts from around the state gather … Continue reading →

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Growing California video series – “Blooming Business”

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Blooming Business,” a profile of California’s cut flower industry.

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Farmers’ Markets Credited in Fitness Survey – California Cities Place High

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

Four California communities have placed in the Top-15 fittest cities in the country, according to the 2013 American Fitness Index. The Bay Area, defined as San Francisco, Oakland and Fremont, placed fourth; the Sacramento area was seventh; the greater San … Continue reading →

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Huell Howser and California’s Golden Fairs – San Diego County

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

Several years ago, the late public television personality Huell Howser produced a series of reports called California’s Golden Fairs. One of the segments featured the San Diego County Fair, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which begins its 24-day run tomorrow. … Continue reading →

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Detection Dogs profiled on NBC Bay Area

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Agricultural-Dogs-Sniffing-Out-Illegal-Produce-209436231.html This video content is no longer available. View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com.   There was a time when Hawkeye the dog stood amidst the humblest of life’s predicaments. He was confined to a kennel in Georgia, his days playing-out … Continue reading →

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Growing California video series wins two Telly Awards

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Office of Public Affairs

The Growing California video series, a partnership betweeen CDFA and California Grown produced in association with California State University, Sacramento, has been recognized with two 2013 Telly Awards, a video competition now in its 34th year. The two segments that won, … Continue reading →

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State Scientist Day at the Capitol: CDFA’s Experts Show Kids the Science of Agriculture

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary, and Linda

On my calendar today was a series of events and meetings, each of them important to the future of California agriculture. But one event stood out:  State Scientist Day on the west steps of our State Capitol, hosted by the … Continue reading →

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Growing California video series: “Delta Delicacy”

Posted on May 14, 2013 by CDFA Staff

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Delta Delicacy,” a story of California asparagus that starts with the Stockton Asparagus Festival and shows the people and process that bring this wonderful crop … Continue reading →

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