{"id":30694,"date":"2026-04-27T10:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=30694"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:10:10","slug":"ag-day-observations-how-does-your-work-help-farmers-ranchers-and-californians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/ag-day-observations-how-does-your-work-help-farmers-ranchers-and-californians\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Day Observations: How does your work help farmers, ranchers and Californians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta name=\"Ag Day\" content=\"We asked California Agriculture Day attendees how their work makes California agriculture better. Give a listen to what they had to say!\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignright\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 360 \/ 640;\" width=\"360\" autoplay controls muted src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sec-Ross-CDFA.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been to <strong>Ag Day <\/strong>at the State Capitol, you&#8217;ve seen the remarkable range of people and organizations either directly representing the farmers and ranchers, or in a variety of ways supporting what the agricultural community does. <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/ag-day-photo-gallery-2026-california-leads\/\"><strong>California Agriculture Day<\/strong><\/a> was held April 21, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-98ae912b36c308c71232f3b79c869433\" style=\"color:#0067a3;background-color:#ffd970\"><strong>We asked California Agriculture Day attendees how their work makes California agriculture better &#8211; give a listen to what they had to say!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The videos feature <strong>CDFA Secretary Karen Ross<\/strong> (right) and a sample of perspectives from across California&#8217;s food supply chain (from left):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kristin Hilleman,<\/strong> Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Capistrano Unified School District, representing the California School Nutrition Association at Ag Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cherie C. Watte,<\/strong> California Grown Executive Director, partnering with CDFA to host Ag Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Ackley-Grady <\/strong>representing CDFA&#8217;s Farm to School and Farm to Fork programs at Ag Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos: Special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/jerryjamesstone.com\/\">Jerry James Stone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 360 \/ 640;\" width=\"360\" controls src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/interview-3-copy.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignright\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 360 \/ 640;\" width=\"360\" controls src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cher-Watte-CA-Grown.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 360 \/ 640;\" width=\"360\" controls src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Ackley-Grady-F2F.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been to Ag Day at the State Capitol, you&#8217;ve seen the remarkable range of people and organizations either directly representing the farmers and ranchers, or in a variety of ways supporting what the agricultural community does. 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