MODESTO – Mirassou Winery today (April 10) announced a partnership with interior design expert and TV personality Genevieve Gorder “who will offer seasonal bright ideas to liven up entertaining spaces for sharing good times and making good memories.”

MODESTO – Two certified public accountants with a Modesto firm recently earn masters of taxation degrees.

DAVIS – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest $1.5 million in each of the next five years to help farmers be better stewards of San Joaquin County water resources.

LATHROP – A Lathrop winery announced this week that it had won “Best of Class Cabernet Sauvignon” at the 2012 Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi, a unique evaluation of wines aimed to create a more sustainable and healthy wine industry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal officials today (April 2) announced the approval of the first applications to register to make fuel with a higher percentage of ethanol for newer cars and light trucks.

MODESTO – Wine industry giant E.&J. Gallo Winery gained U.S. distribution rights to an award-winning Tuscan wine.

TURLOCK – The new Kidz Club at the Stanislaus County Fair is a great chance for children to learn about the fair and to engage with their parents through problem solving and project building.

Family farms are not disappearing, but many challenges face those who want to carry on the family farming tradition.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making a push to have the country’s farmers and ranchers tell their stories through data collected in the Census of Agriculture.

LODI – The World of Wonders Science Museum in Lodi today is kicking off its inaugural “equineology” event.