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CA Food and Ag Inspection Services Division retweeted
Grapevines from a Fresno nursery shipped to California Costco stores in April and May were found to be carrying the glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), an insect capable of spreading a potentially lethal vine disease.
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Click here to register for the California Farm to School Network call 2-3 p.m. June 25 🧑🌾2⃣🏫😃👏
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Join the F2S movement, share best practices, identify funding opportunities!!!
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Farm to School benefits small farms like Old Grove Orange in Redlands 🍊😃🍊⤵️
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CA Food and Ag Inspection Services Division retweeted
🫒 Happy National Olive Day – June 1! 🫒
Today, we celebrate one of California’s most iconic crops. California leads the nation in olive production, thanks to our amazing weather, fertile growing regions, and the hard work of dedicated growers and farmworkers. 🌞🌿
ALT Image to celebrate National Olive Day. California Harvested 142 thousand tons of olives in 2025. Today is National Olive Day! 95 percent of U.S. olives are California grown.
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CA Food and Ag Inspection Services Division retweeted
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🚨Did you buy a grapevine at a Northern California Costco between April 21 and May 19?
📢Act now! The glassy-winged sharpshooter has been found on grapevines sold at Northern California Costcos. This pest is a serious threat to vineyards & gardens.
bit.ly/GWSS-Costco
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These ride-along events provide a great opportunity for CAC chemists to connect field sampling to the analysis performed in the laboratory 🥬🔬⤵️ plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.go…
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ISD Staff Spotlight: Farm to School Network Regional Lead Jenn Rogge fosters connections between local producers and school food authorities 🍎🍓🍉🍊🍏🥕🥦 ⬇️
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CA Food and Ag Inspection Services Division retweeted
May 15
🍓 May is National Strawberry Month! California leads the nation in strawberry production, harvesting 2.77 billion pounds valued at $3.68 billion. From coastal fields to tables across the United States.
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CA Food and Ag Inspection Services Division retweeted
May 15
California has been growing artichokes for more than 100 years but their popularity didn't happen by accident. 🌱 Today, they’re California’s official state vegetable - and still one of the most unique crops grown in the Golden State. 💚
@cagrownofficial
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CDFA Secretary Karen Ross spoke to attendees of the 2026 Association of Fruits & Vegetables Inspection & Standardization Agencies (AFVISA) Conference on Wednesday, May 13 🔎⤵️
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Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program Workshop offers assistance to industry stakeholders 🌱🌱⬇️
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Check out this report of a field visit to a CDFA-funded research project that uses outreach, education and technical assistance to facilitate grower adoption of winter cover cropping for nitrogen scavenging on CA's Central Coast 🌱🌱🌱⤵️
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Inspection & Compliance Branch's major accomplishments in 2025 include establishing a Food Safety Auditing Unit, launching no-cost PSA Grower Trainings and promulgating regulations for new Certified Mobile Farmers' Markets 🥇🎉⤵️
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Feed, Fertilizer & Livestock Drugs Regulatory Services Branch major accomplishments in 2025 include helping define plant biostimulants via legislation, modernizing feed ingredient definitions, & receiving a perfect audit for Organic Input Material Prgm ⤵️
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Center for Analytical Chemistry's major accomplishments in 2025 include upgraded facilities, improved data quality and the development of 21 innovative methodologies 🎉🥇⤵️
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Office of Farm to Fork's major 2025 accomplishments include grants for food hubs, nutrition incentives and farm to school! Check out our 2025 Annual Report for more information ⤵️
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Check out and subscribe to our Fertilizer Research and Education Program newsletter 🌱🌱🌱⤵️
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Congratulations 🙌 to graduates 🧑🎓 of CDFA’s Coaching for Personal and Professional Effectiveness Program, customized to each participant to help them lead and succeed in leadership positions ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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CA Food and Ag Inspection Services Division retweeted
Apr 28
Fort Bragg’s Farm to School Model of Success Offers Healthy Nutrition from Local Produce 🌱🥕🍎
Read more on CDFA's Planting Seeds blog
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At Ag Day 2026, Sec. Ross describes the joy school gardens brings students!🌱
“It’s like the joy of discovery,” she says. “It’s a miracle. It’s magic.”
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Visit cafarmtofork.cdfa.ca.gov and connect with CDFA’s Farm to School Program 🍎🏫 team to learn how to make it happen!
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