{"id":3194,"date":"2013-01-07T15:38:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:21:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T17:21:49","slug":"californias-gold-cdfa-remembers-huell-howser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/01\/07\/californias-gold-cdfa-remembers-huell-howser\/","title":{"rendered":"CDFA Remembers Huell Howser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CDFA joins Californians in remembering longtime public television personality <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/Huell-Howser-Death-California-Gold-185922911.html\">Huell Howser<\/a>, who has reportedly died in Southern California at age 67. Mr. Howser\u2019s programs frequently highlighted California\u2019s bucolic and rural characteristics, including agriculture, and reached millions of viewers. Over the years, he partnered with CDFA on two different projects. One, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgold.com\/goldenfairs\/\">California\u2019s Golden Fairs<\/a>, featured a number of local fairs around the state. The other project, a 2001&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/plant\/pdep\/rifa\/\">public service announcement about the Red Imported Fire Ant<\/a>, helped the Department spread the word about a troublesome invasive pest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"592\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BcQLBmD8GBc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"YouTube video: California's Golden Fairs #101 - Amador County Fair\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDFA joins Californians in remembering longtime public television personality Huell Howser, who has reportedly died in Southern California at age 67. Mr. Howser\u2019s programs frequently highlighted California\u2019s bucolic and rural characteristics, including agriculture, and reached millions of viewers. Over the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/01\/07\/californias-gold-cdfa-remembers-huell-howser\/\">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-3194","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>CDFA Remembers Huell Howser - 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\/2013\/01\/07\/californias-gold-cdfa-remembers-huell-howser\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CDFA Remembers Huell Howser - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CDFA joins Californians in remembering longtime public television personality Huell Howser, who has reportedly died in Southern California at age 67. 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