{"id":16924,"date":"2019-01-09T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=16924"},"modified":"2019-01-09T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:56:40","slug":"governor-newsom-reappoints-karen-ross-as-cdfa-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/09\/governor-newsom-reappoints-karen-ross-as-cdfa-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom reappoints Karen Ross as CDFA Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FullSizeRender-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15897\" width=\"292\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FullSizeRender-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FullSizeRender-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FullSizeRender-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FullSizeRender.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><figcaption>CDFA Secretary Karen Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News release from the<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2019\/01\/08\/calepa-cdfa\/\"><strong>\u00a0office of California Governor Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Ross of Sacramento has been reappointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)<strong>,<\/strong> the state cabinet-level department established in 1919 to promote and protect a safe, healthy food supply, local and global agricultural trade, and environmental stewardship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross successfully served as CDFA Secretary under Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. for 8 years. She has unmatched leadership experience in agricultural issues nationally, internationally, and here in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining CDFA, Ross was chief of staff to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a position she accepted in 2009. Prior to that appointment, she served as President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers from 1996 to 2009,and as Vice-President of the Agricultural Council of California from 1989 to 1996. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before moving to California, Secretary Ross served as Director of Government Relations for the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and as Field Representative for U.S.Senator Edward Zorinsky. Ross grew up as a 4-H kid on a farm in Western Nebraska. She and her husband, Barry, own 800 acres of the family farm where her younger brother, a fourth-generation farmer, grows dryland wheat, feed grains, and cattle. 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