← News & Resources Blog All Class 54 Class 55 CALF Events Life Long Learning Blog Articles Life Long Learning Learn along with Class 55! Welcome to our First Friday Blog! This is a new series that complements our virtual First Fridays held the last month of the quarter – June, September, December, and March. On the First Friday of each off month, we’ll share resources connected to the upcoming virtual… Blog Articles CALF Events Ag and Government Leaders Reception The Ag & Government Leaders Reception is a signature annual gathering hosted by the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, bringing together leaders from across California agriculture and public policy. Held in… Class 55 Blog Articles National Weaving Twenty-Four Loose Threads into one Leadership Tapestry On the final afternoon of our Washington, D.C. seminar, Class 55 scattered across the National Mall on a leadership quest. At the National Museum of African American History and Culture,… Blog Articles Class 55 Seeing and Influencing the Systems That Shape Agriculture One of the most meaningful takeaways from our time in Washington, D.C. was learning to focus on the systems that shape outcomes in agriculture. Policy, research, agency implementation, and congressional… Blog Articles National Class 55 Fragile Hope Picture a perfect pink haze riding the top of the nation’s capital on a warm April night. Joggers running every direction, protestors filming themselves for some publicity, and Class 55… Blog Articles National Class 55 What Chicago Leaves Behind Chicago is not a city that lets you leave untouched. It has too much to say, too many layers to press into you before you go. By Thursday morning, after… Class 55 Blog Articles National Who Tells Your Story? Chicago doesn’t let you stay on the surface for long. We set out that morning with a question that sounded simple at first: what makes something last? In small groups,… Blog Articles National Class 55 Leadership Block by Block Many of us began the morning the way Chicago deserves to be experienced – on foot. We invested a few hours in exploring the Fulton Market District, a recently modernized neighborhood of former warehouses and factories now filled with the kind of energy that only cities generate: good… Blog Articles National Class 55 Seeing Systems Clearly: from Hula Hoops to History Learning to see Systems The bus ride out to the Morton Arboretum cut through a gray Chicago morning, the kind that feels suspended between seasons. When we stepped off, the… Load More
Blog Articles Life Long Learning Learn along with Class 55! Welcome to our First Friday Blog! This is a new series that complements our virtual First Fridays held the last month of the quarter – June, September, December, and March. On the First Friday of each off month, we’ll share resources connected to the upcoming virtual…
Blog Articles CALF Events Ag and Government Leaders Reception The Ag & Government Leaders Reception is a signature annual gathering hosted by the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, bringing together leaders from across California agriculture and public policy. Held in…
Class 55 Blog Articles National Weaving Twenty-Four Loose Threads into one Leadership Tapestry On the final afternoon of our Washington, D.C. seminar, Class 55 scattered across the National Mall on a leadership quest. At the National Museum of African American History and Culture,…
Blog Articles Class 55 Seeing and Influencing the Systems That Shape Agriculture One of the most meaningful takeaways from our time in Washington, D.C. was learning to focus on the systems that shape outcomes in agriculture. Policy, research, agency implementation, and congressional…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Fragile Hope Picture a perfect pink haze riding the top of the nation’s capital on a warm April night. Joggers running every direction, protestors filming themselves for some publicity, and Class 55…
Blog Articles National Class 55 What Chicago Leaves Behind Chicago is not a city that lets you leave untouched. It has too much to say, too many layers to press into you before you go. By Thursday morning, after…
Class 55 Blog Articles National Who Tells Your Story? Chicago doesn’t let you stay on the surface for long. We set out that morning with a question that sounded simple at first: what makes something last? In small groups,…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Leadership Block by Block Many of us began the morning the way Chicago deserves to be experienced – on foot. We invested a few hours in exploring the Fulton Market District, a recently modernized neighborhood of former warehouses and factories now filled with the kind of energy that only cities generate: good…
Blog Articles National Class 55 Seeing Systems Clearly: from Hula Hoops to History Learning to see Systems The bus ride out to the Morton Arboretum cut through a gray Chicago morning, the kind that feels suspended between seasons. When we stepped off, the…