{"id":17780,"date":"2019-05-08T08:26:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=17780"},"modified":"2019-05-08T08:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:27:21","slug":"secretary-ross-visits-inspiring-school-farming-project-in-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/05\/08\/secretary-ross-visits-inspiring-school-farming-project-in-orange-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Ross visits inspiring school farming project in Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Secretary-Westminister.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17781\" width=\"404\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Secretary-Westminister.jpg 960w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Secretary-Westminister-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Secretary-Westminister-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption>Secretary Ross with FFA members last month at Westminster High School in Orange County  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By CDFA Secretary Karen Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to speaking at the awesome and amazing 91st annual meeting of the FFA leadership conference in Anaheim late last month, I also toured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionsforurbanag.org\/portfolio\/the-giving-farm-westminster-high-school\/\">The Giving Farm <\/a>at Westminster High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wow! What an inspiring model partnership between the <a href=\"https:\/\/ocfoodbank.org\/\">Orange County Food Bank<\/a> and the Huntington Beach Union High School District! An 8-acre farm (that\u2019s a lot of farm in this very urban area) for the Ag program; fresh produce to the Food Bank; and an annual harvest day for the whole school to inspire students about community service!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Giving.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17795\" width=\"377\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Giving.jpg 430w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Giving-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>Students at work on The Giving Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I could go on and on. But something as good as this doesn\u2019t happen without visionaries like my friends, Mark Lowry of the Food Bank,  my predecessor&#8211;Orange County farmer A.G. Kawamura&#8211;and his farming buddies. It has strong support from the school district\u2019s board of trustees, the superintendent, and the Westminster High School principal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Giving Farm has a passionate and committed Ag teacher and students who are discovering the wonder of growing food and sharing it with community members in need. Oh, and the program has helped the school increase the numbers enrolled in the Ag program and FFA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is that win-win-win or what?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CDFA Secretary Karen Ross In addition to speaking at the awesome and amazing 91st annual meeting of the FFA leadership conference in Anaheim late last month, I also toured The Giving Farm at Westminster High School. Wow! 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