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ISD Staff Spotlight: Winnie Crouch helps Office of Farm to Fork grantees receive funds

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Winnie Crouch YEARS AT CDFA: 4 PROGRAM: Office of Farm to Fork TITLE: Budget Analyst USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? A lot of my time is spent on reviewing grantee invoices for reimbursement and helping grantees with invoice … Continue reading

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Women’s History Month Spotlight — CDFA’s Natalie Krout-Greenberg

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Joshua Bingham

CDFA is proud to continue to spotlight the talented women leaders at our agency, as part of Women’s History Month. Meet Natalie Krout-Greenberg, Director of the Inspection Services Division. Click here to see this original CDFA Planting Seeds Blog post.

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Center for Analytical Chemistry’s Debbie Cordova takes pride in helping California

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Deborah “Debbie” Cordova YEARS at CDFA: 23 years PROGRAM: Research & Development, Center for Analytical Chemistry POSITION TITLE: Senior Environmental Scientist USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? You’ll either find me in the lab working on some samples or … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Safe Animal Feed Education Program’s KC Gutenberger helps ensure feed and food safety

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: KC Gutenberger YEARS AT CDFA: 6 PROGRAM: Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program POSITION TITLE: Environmental Scientist USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? The mission of the SAFE Program is to provide research and education regarding the safe manufacture, … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: CA State Organic Program Special Investigator Mayze Fowler-Riggs has passion for education & enforcement

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Mayze Fowler-Riggs TIME AT CDFA: 8 years PROGRAM: State Organic Program POSITION TITLE: Special Investigator USUAL DAILY ACTIVITES ON THE JOB? I oversee part of the statewide enforcement and outreach efforts of organic agricultural products based on the provisions … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Amber Hayter enjoys sampling livestock feed at dairies on CA backroads

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Amber Hayter TIME AT CDFA: About a year and a half PROGRAM: Commercial Feed Regulatory Program POSITION TITLE: Environmental Scientist USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? I am an environmental scientist for the Feed and Livestock Drugs Inspection Program. … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Mai Err Chang coordinates grant programs for nutrition incentives to foster vegetable purchases

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Mai Err Chang TIME AT CDFA: 8 months PROGRAM: California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP) POSITION TITLE: Program Coordinator (Associate Governmental Program Analyst) USUAL DAILY ACTIVITES ON THE JOB? My daily activities change depending on the season of the grant … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Dinesh Chand utilizes state-of-the-art laboratory equipment to analyze environmental and regulatory samples

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Dinesh Chand YEARS AT CDFA: 9 PROGRAM: Center for Analytical Chemistry Environmental Safety Laboratory TITLE: Environmental Scientist USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? I use state-of-the-art equipment and processes to analyze environmental and regulatory samples. I am involved in … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Kimber Collins-Florian enjoys ensuring fertilizing materials are suitable for organic crop and food production

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Kimber Collins-Florian YEARS AT CDFA: Almost 9 years PROGRAM: Fertilizing Materials Inspection Organic Input Material Program TITLE: Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? Our program registers Organic Input Material (OIM) labels. OIMs are fertilizing materials … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Anna Carrasquillo protects the nation’s food chain through inspecting fresh fruits and vegetables

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Joshua Bingham

NAME: Anna Carrasquillo YEARS AT CDFA: 7 PROGRAM: Standardization TITLE: Fruits & Vegetables QC Supervisor II HOW DO YOU WORK FOR THE CALIFORNIA FOOD SUPPLY? As part of the Standardization team, I work inspecting fresh fruits and vegetables by preventing … Continue reading

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