{"id":23877,"date":"2022-02-01T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=23877"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:43:30","slug":"secretary-ross-talks-workforce-development-in-imperial-county-from-the-imperial-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/secretary-ross-talks-workforce-development-in-imperial-county-from-the-imperial-valley-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Ross talks workforce development in Imperial County &#8212; from the Imperial Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23878\" width=\"417\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-2-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>While in Imperial County last week, Secretary Ross (center) visited Vessey Farms near Holtville. Also pictured, from left to right, Dennis Donohue of Western Growers; Samuel Sanchez Jr., Pauline Canteneur and Paul Eliott of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/farmwise.io\/\">FarmWise<\/a><\/strong>; Imperial Valley farmer Jack Vessey; and Ethy Levy, an innovation consultant from Israel.         <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAg is sexy.\u201d That is at the core of the message California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross said the state\u2019s agricultural industry needs to convey to youth to attract more of them to the business and the high-tech educational disciplines necessary to train them in emerging farm technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross was at Imperial Valley College last week as a speaker at Western Growers&#8217; AgTech Workforce Summit. The event included panel discussions on topics such as industry issues and skill identification, education and workforce development strategies, and leadership strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was the second of four being held at rural community colleges in different areas of the state. About 70 persons, mostly local farmers, were in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross told them not only to encourage students to pursue studies, but \u201cto bring a friend.\u201d She described agriculture as one of the more \u201cinclusive\u201d and innovative segments of California\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo rise to the occasion of feeding a global population of 10 billion people in the next 30 years with fewer resources and labor, we need to start investing in preparing tomorrow\u2019s agricultural workforce today,\u201d Ross previously explained in a press release. \u201cEducation starts in the classroom, and that\u2019s where agriculture prominently needs to be. As the development of technology rapidly accelerates, initiatives such as AgTechX Ed lays the foundation for new tech-based education training platforms that will build an adequately trained workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23879\" width=\"400\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/KBR-1-768x965.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Secretary Ross also participated in an automation showcase that included FFA members and students from Imperial Valley College, Holtville High School, and Southwest High School in El Centro.  <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology Director Dennis Donohue said the four AgTech summits are intended to \u201cset the table in purposeful way\u201d in identifying the ag industry\u2019s workforce needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Western Growers recently received a $750,000 Specialty Crop Block Grant, administered by CDFA, to develop and implement a curriculum to provide California college students with best-in-class ag tech training. Donohue said the monies will be used for curriculum development and teacher training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpressonline.com\/news\/local\/summit-focuses-on-workforce-development-in-ag\/article_0cf40b40-7f2d-11ec-bd3d-2bc01c51560c.html\">Link to story in the Imperial Valley Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAg is sexy.\u201d That is at the core of the message California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross said the state\u2019s agricultural industry needs to convey to youth to attract more of them to the business and the high-tech educational disciplines &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/secretary-ross-talks-workforce-development-in-imperial-county-from-the-imperial-valley-press\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Secretary Ross talks workforce development in Imperial County - from the Imperial Valley Press - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/secretary-ross-talks-workforce-development-in-imperial-county-from-the-imperial-valley-press\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Secretary Ross talks workforce development in Imperial County - from the Imperial Valley Press - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cAg is sexy.\u201d That is at the core of the message California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross said the state\u2019s agricultural industry needs to convey to youth to attract more of them to the business and the high-tech educational disciplines &hellip; 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