{"id":4005,"date":"2013-05-15T14:55:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T21:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2013-05-15T14:55:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T21:55:39","slug":"state-scientist-day-capitol-cdfas-experts-show-kids-science-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/05\/15\/state-scientist-day-capitol-cdfas-experts-show-kids-science-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"State Scientist Day at the Capitol: CDFA\u2019s Experts Show Kids the Science of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4006\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4006\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4006 \" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" alt=\"CDFA Senior Insect Biosystematist Dr. Martin Hauser (left) teaches students about agricultural pests as CDFA Secretary Karen Ross joins the lesson.\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-3-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CDFA Senior Insect Biosystematist Dr. Martin Hauser (left) teaches students about agricultural pests as CDFA Secretary Karen Ross joins the lesson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On my calendar today was a series of events and meetings, each of them important to the future of California agriculture. But one event stood out:\u00a0 State Scientist Day on the west steps of our State Capitol, hosted by the California Association of Professional Scientists.\u00a0 This was my annual opportunity to rub elbows with the scientists of the future &#8211; busload after busload of young students eager to share a few hours doing chemistry experiments, touching bugs, and generally seeing what it\u2019s like to be a scientist for a state agency like CDFA.<\/p>\n<p>As I made the rounds at the various booths where state entomologists, biologists, chemists and other scientists and staff were leading kids through lessons and experiments, I couldn\u2019t help thinking that these are the kids who will solve the \u201cbig problems\u201d someday.\u00a0 Nutrition and obesity. 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Science alone is not the solution &#8211; but without it, no amount of policy or negotiation or legislation can take us where we want and need to go as an industry.<\/p>\n<p>So today was a day to celebrate the bright future of agriculture, as seen through the eyes of hundreds of young students who got a glimpse \u2013 perhaps their first \u2013 through the lens of a microscope.\u00a0 Maybe they saw a tomato seed, or a nematode, and it peaked their curiosity.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope we\u2019ve sparked an interest in science that will lead to exciting, fulfilling careers in California\u2019s agricultural community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4010\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4010\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4010 \" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" alt=\"CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (center) joins Kara Henry (left), a scientific aide with the CDFA Chemistry Lab, and Branch Chief Nirmal Saini in a lesson about the amount of sugar found in popular soft drinks and energy drinks.\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-1-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/State-Scientist-Day-1.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (center) joins Kara Henry (left), a scientific aide with the CDFA Chemistry Lab, and Branch Chief Nirmal Saini in a lesson about the amount of sugar found in popular soft drinks and energy drinks.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my calendar today was a series of events and meetings, each of them important to the future of California agriculture. 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