Host travels state to share stories about food and agriculture
Interview by Judy Farah
Nibbling on fresh fruits and vegetables picked ripe from the fields. Donning a full beekeeper’s suit to talk about pollination. Harvesting artichokes in fog- shrouded Castroville. Dining on a chef ’s farm-to-fork creation while sipping a cabernet just drawn from an oak barrel. Riding a camel, feeding a giraffe or milking a goat. It’s all in a day’s work for Tracy Sellers, host and executive producer of California Bountiful TV. The incomparable bounty and beauty of California agriculture is captured each week in the statewide, syndicated television program produced by the California Farm Bureau Federation. California Bountiful TV takes its viewers on a panoramic journey behind the scenes to farms, ranches and farmers markets, and shares cooking tips from some of the state’s best chefs. Sellers has hosted the show for 17 years and still makes new discoveries about California’s more than 400 diverse crops, whether it’s how they’re grown and harvested or how they’re made into creative concoctions. There are so many stories to tell and, each week, she shares them with viewers across the state and nation. Sellers said she’d wanted to go into journalism since she was a little girl, after she was inspired by Kermit the Frog doing “breaking news stories.” She grew up in the Bay Area and also lived in Southern California before making Sacramento home. Living throughout the state, she noted, has taught her to appreciate the uniqueness and diversity of California. A graduate of California State University, Sacramento, Sellers interned for the Sacramento Kings and worked in local TV news before joining the Farm Bureau and its weekly TV show.
Oasis Camel Dairy, Ramona: Sellers fed, groomed and, yes, rode camels at this unique destination outside San Diego, where every day is hump day.
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