News & Media
Press Releases
2022
- May 5, 2022
Big Day of Giving Donations Help Grow Future Farmers
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2021
- June 30, 2021
Center for Land-Based Learning Awarded $25,000 Bank of America Grant
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- June 2, 2021
Center for Land-Based Learning announces Unprecedented Organizational Growth - New Campus, Recent Hires mark a New Era for the Organization
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- March 10, 2021
New Program Announcement: 2021 California Farm Academy Explorer Course
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- February 19, 2021
Center for Land-Based Learning’s Sara Bernal joins first cohort of Nueva Epoca
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2020
- September 9, 2020
Center for Land-Based Learning Awarded Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Competitive Grant
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- July 13, 2020
Center for Land-Based Learning Receives $15,000 from CLA Foundation
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For archived news and press releases related to the Growing our Future Capital Campaign, visit the Capital Campaign News.
2019
- December 17, 2019
Union Pacific Railroad Donates $20,000 to Support Local Youth Program
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- October 7, 2019
Nugget Markets Sources Hyperlocal Produce from West Sacramento Urban Farms
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- September 20, 2019
California Farm Academy to Honor 11 Graduates at State Capitol
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- August 9, 2019
The Center for Land-Based Learning celebrates 5-year anniversary of West Sacramento Urban Farm Program
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- July 26, 2019
Holt Ag Solutions pledges to support unique needs of the California Farm Academy Training Program
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- May 28, 2019
Farm Credit Support Helps Center for Land-Based Learning Begin Construction of New Campus
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- May 10, 2019
$1.5 Million Lead Gift Launches Campaign for the Center for Land-Based Learning’s New State Headquarters
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- February 27, 2019
West Sacramento Urban Farm Program Launches into 2019
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2018
- November 15, 2018
USDA Invests to Support Military Veterans Pursuing Farming and Ranching Careers
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- October 29, 2018
New Apprenticeship in Farming Approved by U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs to Accept GI Bill Benefits
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- May 5, 2018
Center for Land-Based Learning Receives Support from Raley’s for Local Farmers and the Food Insecure
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- February 8, 2018
California Farm Academy Apprenticeship Program Receives Key State Approval
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- January 18, 2018
Center for Land-Based Learning Receives $200,000 Neighborhood Builder Grant from Bank of America to Create Career Pathways for Students in Farming and Agriculture
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- December 28, 2017
West Sacramento Urban Farm Program to be in the Rose Parade®
Mary Kimball will represent local programs on the Miracle-Gro® float
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- November 1, 2017
Sysco Sacramento facility will offer exposure to dozens of career options
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- April 24, 2017
Winners Announced for Caring for our Watershed Youth Environmental Proposal Contest
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- April 7, 2017
Gar Tootelian, Inc. connects students with pathways to careers in Agriculture
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- February 16, 2017
Donation to Center for Land-Based Learning Supports Next Generation of Local Farmers
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