← News & Resources Blog All Class 54 Class 55 CALF Events Class 55 Blog Articles National 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… Blog Articles Class 55 Arriving at the Question Class 55 By: Logan Robertson Huecker, Jared Davit, and Cesar Mendoza There is nothing quite like the night before an early morning flight. The excitement that keeps you from sleeping…. Blog Articles Class 55 From Insight to Influence, Part 2 – Class 55 at the State Capitol, and Beyond From Insight to Influence, Part 2 – Class 55 at the State Capitol, and BeyondBy: Jeremy Wagner, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, County of San Mateo We arrived early at the State… Blog Articles Class 55 From Insight to Influence- Part 1 Class 55 at UC Davis By: Jeremy Wagner, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, County of San Mateo I came into this seminar with a bias. When I heard the word influence, I… Blog Articles Class 55 When Leadership Sets the Weather By: Natalie Collins, California Association of Winegrape Growers Many of us arrived in Fresno after weeks of dense winter fog, traveling out of valleys where visibility had been limited and… Blog Articles Class 54 There Is No Finish Line, Only Forward Motion It is bittersweet to acknowledge that this journey, like all meaningful ones, must come to an end. Yet there is comfort and excitement in knowing that what follows is a promising next chapter…. Blog Articles Class 55 Learning to Lead When Community Requires Us to Slow Down By: Kiaran Locy, California Prune Board – Sacramento Returning from the holiday break and into a new year, Class 55 arrived in Chico with three seminars behind us and an… Blog Articles Class 54 Carrying Our Influence Forward Last week, we celebrated an Ag Leadership milestone with our first seminar at CSU Chico. For many, Chico was a new area to explore, and for our North State colleagues,… Load More
Class 55 Blog Articles National 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…
Blog Articles Class 55 Arriving at the Question Class 55 By: Logan Robertson Huecker, Jared Davit, and Cesar Mendoza There is nothing quite like the night before an early morning flight. The excitement that keeps you from sleeping….
Blog Articles Class 55 From Insight to Influence, Part 2 – Class 55 at the State Capitol, and Beyond From Insight to Influence, Part 2 – Class 55 at the State Capitol, and BeyondBy: Jeremy Wagner, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, County of San Mateo We arrived early at the State…
Blog Articles Class 55 From Insight to Influence- Part 1 Class 55 at UC Davis By: Jeremy Wagner, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer, County of San Mateo I came into this seminar with a bias. When I heard the word influence, I…
Blog Articles Class 55 When Leadership Sets the Weather By: Natalie Collins, California Association of Winegrape Growers Many of us arrived in Fresno after weeks of dense winter fog, traveling out of valleys where visibility had been limited and…
Blog Articles Class 54 There Is No Finish Line, Only Forward Motion It is bittersweet to acknowledge that this journey, like all meaningful ones, must come to an end. Yet there is comfort and excitement in knowing that what follows is a promising next chapter….
Blog Articles Class 55 Learning to Lead When Community Requires Us to Slow Down By: Kiaran Locy, California Prune Board – Sacramento Returning from the holiday break and into a new year, Class 55 arrived in Chico with three seminars behind us and an…
Blog Articles Class 54 Carrying Our Influence Forward Last week, we celebrated an Ag Leadership milestone with our first seminar at CSU Chico. For many, Chico was a new area to explore, and for our North State colleagues,…