{"id":26133,"date":"2023-05-18T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=26133"},"modified":"2023-05-18T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:29:02","slug":"secretary-ross-celebrates-plenty-indoor-vertical-farm-bringing-agriculture-back-to-compton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/secretary-ross-celebrates-plenty-indoor-vertical-farm-bringing-agriculture-back-to-compton\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Ross celebrates Plenty indoor vertical farm &#8211; bringing agriculture back to Compton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Plenty-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (at podium, above) shares her excitement about the innovative culture of new technologies in California agriculture at today\u2019s grand opening of the Plenty indoor, vertical farm in Compton. 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