#CalAgDay highlights

Secretary Ross today at #CalAgDay, "Thank you not only to the farmers and ranchers, but also to all of the hand and hearts and minds that touch the food that comes to our table. "

Secretary Ross today at #CalAgDay, “Thank you not only to the farmers and ranchers, but also to all of the hands and hearts and minds that touch the food that comes to our table. “

Healthy snacks from our #CalAgDay partners

Meet the mascots. That’s a sturgeon on the right.

CDFA appreciates the help of the FFA and Kings County Junior Fair Board members every year!

The USDA's Beagle Brigade meets an adoring public.

Customs and Border Protection’s Beagle Brigade meets an adoring public.

: Secretary Ross with a swarm of FFA “blue jackets” at Ag Day, supporting the California Agriculture license plate program that helps fund ag education and leadership programs.

: California Women for Agriculture President Jeanette Lombardo (center) with California rodeo queens.

: CDFA Secretary Karen Ross with Ag Day emcee and Your Produce Man Michael Marks.

: CDFA Secretary Karen Ross says “Hello” to Imagine This contest winners, who wrote stories about agriculture as part of the annual competition hosted by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

: Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Cathleen Galgiani and her colleague, Assembly Agriculture Committee Chair Bill Dodd (left) presented a resolution honoring Bob Fox (right), who wears many hats in the equine/rodeo/agricultural realm – including being a longtime supporter of Ag Day.