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Ricardo Orellana

Chico State College of Agriculture Names New Director for University Farm

Ricardo Orellana's international background, leadership, and diverse agriculture experience will strengthen partnerships and support the program in meeting the needs of agriculture in the 21st century.

Ripe peaches hang on branches as the early-morning sun shines through the trees and branches

A Juicy Tradition Continues: University Farm’s ‘U-Pick Peaches’ Scheduled for Next Week

It's back! Chico State's University Farm's "U-Pick Peaches" tradition continues next week.

Chico State University Farm silo.

University Farm Celebrates 60 Years of Hands-On Learning

Six decades after it opened, the farm's its 800 acres remain a microcosm of a major industry and its essential workforce.

Reed Pritchard pushes the beef cattle down a shoot on University Farm.

Ag Can’t Wait

The 60-year-old University Farm is a microcosm of the agriculture industry and its essential workers, which means during these extraordinary times students still rise early to feed the livestock, milk the cows, pick the peaches, and tend its fields and orchards.

Photo of the four 2015 Bell Presidential Scholars, pictured together, smiling, in front of the College of Agriculture.

Sowing the Seeds of Philanthropy

To honor the generosity of his second family, one donor established a $2 million scholarship fund to attract and support the brightest agriculture students at Chico State.