Another project out of the 2019 Almond Leadership Program is creatively raising money for California Future Farmers of America. Grizzly Nut and leadership program participant Falastine ‘Fill’ Munoz is a mother …
Enhancing Farm to School Efforts Through New Partnership
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and the National Farm to School Network (NFSN) recently announced a partnership with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service’s Office of Community Food …
Center for Land-Based Learning Receiving Significant Support for New Facility
The Center for Land-Based Learning has been receiving some sizable support this year from a variety of sources. The funding support will assist the Center with its effort of relocating …
National FFA’s Washington Leadership Conference Instills Importance of Growth, Leadership, Community Service
For the past fifty years, FFA members from across the country converge on Washington, D.C., in the summer to evaluate their personal skills and interests, develop leadership talent and create …
Food Safety Workshops for Produce and Livestock Operations
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is partnering with the University of California and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to provide workshops to encourage dialogue and cooperation between …
Poultry Workshop Series Begins in Forestville on May 17
The first in a series of poultry workshops is coming up on Friday, May 17 at the Santa Rosa Junior College Shone Farm. The first workshop will include a hands-on lab, …
App Brings STEM Agriculture Games to Youth
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has launched a mobile app for four of its My American Farm games. Available mobile games and corresponding STEM components that meet national …
Stolen 4-H Goats Recovered
Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Ag Task Force (ATF) have arrested 75 year old Manuel Hernandez of Fresno. He has been booked into the Fresno County Jail for possession …
Tulare County HS Students Take Part in Farm Bureau Action
Students in Tulare County Farm Bureau’s high school leadership program had the chance to see first hand what it’s like when California Farm Bureau visits the Capitol to talk agriculture …
FFA Chapters Use Innovative Microsoft Solution to Delve Deeper Into Agriculture
Fifty FFA chapters have received Microsoft FarmBeats Student Kits as part of a collaboration between the National FFA Organization and Microsoft Corp. For the FFA Blue 365 Challenge, chapters were …
Students Set to Celebrate Agriculture and Leadership During FFA Week
Agriculture is part of our daily lives—from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. On Saturday, nearly 670,000 FFA members across the country will begin to share the …
E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
World Ag Expo® and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again for the 12th annual “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, which supports local high school students who will be attending four-year …
California Students Earn NCF Award Scholarship
Emily Andreini, Sarah Klopatek to Receive Awards for 2018-19 School Year Two University of California – Davis students seeking their doctorate degrees have received $15,000 W.D. Farr Scholarships for 2018-19 …
SV Ag Tech Summit Focusing On The Present
The Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit is March 26 and 27 at Hartnell College, which is the organizer of the event along with the Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Association …