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At 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, we and our partners are nourishing our state with food, economic activity and better health, as the top national agricultural producer for more than 50 years. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is participating in launched by 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 President Janet Napolitano, harnessing the collective power of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 to help feed the world and steer it on the path to sustainability.
What the artists Grant Wood and Ren茅 Magritte did with oil paints, two 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis students replicated with almonds, raisins, garlic, carrots, asparagus and more in crafting masterpieces from California鈥檚 bounty.
For their efforts, Maria Robles Gonzalez and Yeojin Jung took two of the three prizes in the Produce Collage Contest held in conjunction with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 Global Food Initiative.
See Maria's and Yeojin's collages, the artwork that inspired them, plus photos of the artists, in the slideshow at right. Click on the image to open the slideshow. The slideshow also includes the third winning collage (a rendering of late-night TV host Conan O'Brien).
The contest is over, but people are still invited to create their own online collages . Click on the produce items you want to use, and they鈥檒l appear on your 鈥渃anvas,鈥 where you can scale and rotate them.
As you 鈥渕ouse鈥 over the items, you鈥檒l see where they are grown in California. The 鈥淓xplore Produce鈥 page gives more information about each item and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 role in nurturing that product.
Robles Gonzalez used raisins, walnuts, almonds, garlic, mint, a carrot, a cucumber and asparagus layered on blueberries, rice and oranges to create a version of surrealist artist Magritte鈥檚 Son of Man.
鈥淚 thought it was interesting how this contest flipped the common practice of using art to depict objects and instead used food to create art,鈥 said Robles Gonzalez, a senior majoring in wildlife, fish and conservation biology.
Jung drew inspiration from Wood鈥檚 American Gothic after seeing it in a class.
She used almonds, raisins, garlic, carrots, celery, avocados, pumpkins, tomatoes, strawberries, asparagus and broccoli to reproduce the iconic painting of a farmer and his daughter.
鈥淢y rendition is dedicated to our farmers and their relentless hard work,鈥 said Jung, a junior majoring in sustainable agriculture and food systems.
Robles Gonzalez, Jung and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Irvine alumnus Don Rose each won a $75 gift card to buy fresh fruits and vegetables from , which connects consumers with CSA (community supported agriculture) suppliers.
Harry Mok of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Office of the President contributed to this report.
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