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Dr. Rolston St. Hilaire, dean of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology astatine Fresno State, was appointed to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture by Governor Gavin Newsom connected Nov. 15.
Members are selected to correspond a wide scope of topics that are important to California’s farmers and ranchers, assemblage stakeholders, citizens and the California State University and University of California world systems.
“It’s a pleasance to person Dr. St. Hilaire arsenic a typical to the State Board of Food and Agriculture,” said California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. “I congratulate Dr. St. Hilaire connected his assignment and worth his practice of the California State University System connected the board.”
Fresno State alumnus Don Cameron (biology) serves arsenic the president of the 15-member board that besides includes alumnus Mike Gallo (viticulture and enology).
The board’s adjacent gathering is connected Dec. 3. Agendas for past and upcoming meetings show the committee encourages nationalist information and input successful a big of matters concerning evolving agriculture and nutrient argumentation issues.
Members service up to four-year presumption and whitethorn beryllium reappointed to the position.
“This is simply a peculiar grant for maine due to the fact that the committee works with aggregate aspects of sustainable agriculture,” St. Hilaire said, “which is simply a conception we are arsenic committed to with our field cultivation world and probe programs. California is known astir the satellite arsenic a person successful cultivation innovation and for trying to much efficaciously equilibrium its resources among agricultural, municipality and biology needs.”
St. Hilaire advocates for nutrient information and serves arsenic Fresno State’s main researcher for the Southwest USDA Regional Food Business Center. In August 2025, helium volition statesman a one-year assignment arsenic the president of the American Society for Horticultural Science, an relation helium joined successful 1996.
He became Jordan College dean successful September 2022 aft serving arsenic a works subject module and section caput astatine New Mexico State University from 1998 to 2022. He was besides a regents professor, New Mexico State’s highest module award, and oversaw its probe and hold programs.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy grade successful horticulture from Iowa State University, and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. Each grade was successful the horticulture field, and helium received his department’s apical of the people grant arsenic an undergraduate.
