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Apr 22, 2025

PHOTOS: Governor Newsom, First Partner Siebel Newsom celebrate Earth Day with next generation of agricultural stewards

What you need to know: The Governor and First Partner marked Earth Day at Chico State University with students from the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems.

CHICO –  Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom celebrated Earth Day today at California State University, Chico’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems. 

The event showcased the role of higher education in preparing the next generation of California’s climate and agricultural stewards. The First Partner also highlighted the connection to the California Farm to School initiative, which has provided nearly half of California’s school-age students with school meals prepared using locally-grown ingredients, as well as educational programming about the origin and connection of their food to the sustainability of the planet.

A woman with long blond hair and a brown wide-brimmed hat smiles and gestures with both hands as she speaks at a clear acrylic podium with a round wooden California bear emblem. She wears a brown patterned belted dress and gold bracelets. Behind her are a blurred white greenhouse structure and green plants, and white hydrangeas sit at the lower right.

 

A man in a blue denim shirt and jeans and a woman in a brown hat and patterned dress stand smiling beside a table with a maroon cloth reading “California State University, Chico Regenerative Agriculture.” The table holds trays of soil and plants. A woman in a black polo laughs at the left beside a sign for premium organic white cheddar cheese, and a group of onlookers smiles on the right, outdoors under shade trees.

Innovative programs like the one here at Chico State are building the next generation of leaders — students learning how to farm in ways that protect the planet and build a more sustainable future. This is what climate action looks like — real investments today that will lead to a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow.

Governor Gavin Newsom

At Chico State, students are learning to be the environmental stewards of tomorrow, and through California Farm to School, we’re sparking that same interest at even earlier ages. By connecting young people across California to the land, their food, and the climate solutions we urgently need, we’re empowering the next generation to lead the way. To all the young people: we need you, we believe in you, and together, we will build a sustainable, resilient future.

First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Six people stand together smiling in a large agricultural workshop with green machinery, red walls, and welding posters. They include a man in a blue denim shirt, a young man in a red polo, a woman in a brown hat and patterned dress, an older woman in a dark blazer, a man in a maroon Chico State College of Agriculture polo, and a young woman in a black polo with a large belt buckle.

 

A group stands inside a dairy milking parlor with overhead pipes, hoses, and milking equipment. A young woman in a black polo and blue gloves speaks to the group. A man in a denim shirt and a woman in a brown hat and patterned dress stand near her, and several other attendees face her in the foreground.

 

Four people stand in an agricultural workshop with green machinery, yellow floor lines, and wall graphics, including one reading “Safety is a full-time job, don’t make it a part-time practice.” A woman in a brown hat and patterned dress and a man in a blue denim shirt look to the left. A young man in a red polo and a man in a maroon polo stand to the right.

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