…who faced the same storage challenges. To support their growing business, they also opened a lumber yard, supplying building materials for agricultural expansion throughout the region. The Founding of Cargill…
CAPCA 2025: PCAs, Innovation, and Leadership Take Center Stage
…is being written — by the advisors, researchers, and innovators working together to make farming more resilient and efficient. “These are the people who make food better — safer, smarter,…
F3 Innovate: Powering the Central Valley’s AgTech Revolution
…room and engaging with them, there’s so much interest,” she said. Today’s youth, whom F3 Innovate calls the “Now Generation,” care deeply about the food they eat and the planet…
Van Groningen & Sons: A Century of California Farming
…sides of the equation. “Regulations are good and bad,” he explained. “Food safety regulations are a positive—they ensure that we produce the safest food supply in the world. But they…
Todd Snider Takes the Helm at Kern County Farm Bureau, Calls for Smarter Water Policy and Farm Advocacy
…less — less land, less water, more cost — and yet we’re still feeding millions,” he said. “People have forgotten the labor, risk, and science it takes to grow food….
How Ralston Purina Revolutionized American Agriculture
…see livestock nutrition as the key to progress. The nation’s growing population demanded better food, and agricultural leaders sought to meet that need through science, experimentation, and enterprise. How Ralston…
Pumpkin Power and Precision Tech: California Agriculture Shines on AgNet News Hour
…local schools and the San Joaquin Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program to teach kids where their food comes from. “We need to reconnect people to agriculture,” he said….
Bill Jones: Fixing California’s Water and Future
…grow food for the world.” Balancing Environment, Cities, and Agriculture Jones explained that California’s original water plan was designed to balance three interests: the environment, metropolitan areas, and agriculture. But…
Verdant Robotics and Van Groningen & Sons Showcase Innovation and Tradition on AgNet News Hour
…stewardship haven’t.” Van Groningen emphasized that California farmers produce the safest and highest-quality food in the world, thanks to rigorous standards. “When you see ‘Grown in California,’ it means something,”…
Early 19th-Century American Farming and Westward Expansion
…Minute, most citizens relied on farming not only for income but also for food security. Families grew crops and raised animals primarily to sustain themselves, with only a small portion…
How Immigrant Farmers Shaped Early American Agriculture
…agriculture. As Mark Oppold explains in An American Agriculture History Minute, ethnicity influenced how settlers worked the land, managed livestock, and produced food in the New World. Farmers from Germany,…
Nat DiBuduo: Politics, Water & California Farming
…educate young people early about where their food comes from. “One of the most important programs we have is at the Fresno Fair,” he said. “They bring kids from all…
Celebrating the Valley’s Bounty: The Whole Vine Festival Returns to Fresno State
…Food, and Local Music The Whole Vine Festival will feature local wineries, a wine and beer garden, and food trucks serving innovative dishes made with local produce. Wine tastings will…
Karen Ross on Water, Workforce, and the Future of California Agriculture
…innovation to water storage and the future of food production in the Golden State. “It is a beautiful day at a beautiful campus,” Ross said, praising Reedley College for its…