{"id":12076,"date":"2016-12-27T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=12076"},"modified":"2016-12-27T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:18:41","slug":"secretary-ross-to-appear-at-2017-rose-parade-festivities-to-promote-california-grown-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/27\/secretary-ross-to-appear-at-2017-rose-parade-festivities-to-promote-california-grown-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Ross to appear at 2017 Rose Parade festivities to promote California Grown flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12078\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/karen-ross.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12078\" class=\" wp-image-12078\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/karen-ross-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"CDFA Secretary Karen Ross\" width=\"344\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/karen-ross-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/karen-ross.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CDFA Secretary Karen Ross<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As part of the upcoming Rose Parade festivities, CDFA Secretary Karen Ross will once again join the Buy California Marketing Agreement (<span data-scaytid=\"1\" data-scayt_word=\"BCMA\">BCMA<\/span>) and the California Cut Flower Commission (<span data-scaytid=\"2\" data-scayt_word=\"CCFC\">CCFC<\/span>) on December 31 to recognize Cal Poly campuses at San Luis Obispo and Pomona as well as\u00a0<span data-scaytid=\"3\" data-scayt_word=\"FTD\">FTD<\/span>\u00a0Inc. for their commitment to California\u2019s flower farmers. 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