{"id":6044,"date":"2014-04-09T08:31:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T15:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2020-02-26T08:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:51:19","slug":"congratulations-to-food-and-ag-board-president-craig-mcnamara-agriculturalist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/04\/09\/congratulations-to-food-and-ag-board-president-craig-mcnamara-agriculturalist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Food and Ag Board President Craig McNamara &#8211; Agriculturalist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Craig.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6045 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Craig.jpg\" alt=\"Craig standing in an orchard\" width=\"628\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Craig.jpg 628w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Craig-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish to offer my congratulations to my colleague and friend Craig McNamara for being named <a href=\"http:\/\/us2.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=83f2407f3a225130b2b69b16b&amp;id=9207106872\">Agriculturalist of the Year by the California State Fair.<\/a> Craig is a uniquely visionary leader &#8211; someone who is highly deserving of this prestigious award.&nbsp; Beyond his deep commitment as a farmer and as president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/State_Board\/\">California State Board of Food and Agriculture,<\/a> Craig has a passion to bring disparate parties together to focus on the big challenges of our time. He has demonstrated his understanding of the need to reach our next generation through the great work of his groundbreaking <a href=\"http:\/\/landbasedlearning.org\/\">Center for Land Based Learning <\/a>in Winters, which connects students to nature and agriculture and, in the process, helps to groom our future farmers and leaders. Again, my heartfelt congratulations to Craig. He&#8217;s an agriculturist for all-time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish to offer my congratulations to my colleague and friend Craig McNamara for being named Agriculturalist of the Year by the California State Fair. 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