{"id":391652,"date":"2026-07-09T05:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:28:12","slug":"fresno-states-ag-one-foundation-names-jason-baldwin-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391652\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State&#8217;s Ag One Foundation names Jason Baldwin president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jasonbaldwinresized.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Man in hat\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">Jason Baldwin has been named president of Fresno State&#8217;s Ag One Foundation for the 2026-27 term. Baldwin serves as chief operating officer of Panoche Creek Packing. Photo courtesy of Fresno State<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tpublished on July 8, 2026 &#8211; 2:41 PM<br \/>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/byline\/emi-obrero\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emi Obrero<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresno State\u2019s Ag One Foundation has named Jason Baldwin its president for the 2026-27 term, the organization announced July 7.<\/p>\n<p>Ag One, led by faculty and alumni of Fresno State\u2019s Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, supports students through scholarships, hands-on learning opportunities and programs that prepare future agricultural leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Since its founding in 1979, Ag One has raised more than $38 million to support students and programs within Fresno State\u2019s Jordan College. For the academic year of 2026-2027 alone, the foundation will provide more than $1 million to students and programs of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology.<\/p>\n<p>As an alumnus of the Jordan College, Baldwin began his agricultural career as a safety coordinator at Frank Logoluso Farms after graduating in 1997. His experience includes working as the grower relations representative for the Nisei Farmers League and executive director for the Madera County Farm Bureau as well.<\/p>\n<p>He now works as the chief operating officer for Panoche Creek Packing, a leading almond processing company based in Kerman.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin joined the Ag One board at the proposal of Roger Isom, the former president of Ag One and current president and CEO of the Western Tree Nut Association and California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association.<\/p>\n<p>During his one-year appointment as president, Baldwin will lead the Ag One board alongside his predecessor, Fendley Ragland, an investment associate at Prudential Agricultural Investments.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin will make his first public appearance as Ag One president during the annual Ag Boosters BBQ and Fantasy Vacation Drawing on Sept. 13 at George\u2019s River Ranch.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Baldwin has been named president of Fresno State&#8217;s Ag One Foundation for the 2026-27 term. Baldwin serves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-391652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}