An "emerging middle class" overseas will provide a critical market for California agricultural products, reported Rosalie Murphy in The Desert Sun. Murphy covered the Exporting Agriculture International Trade Summit in Riverside County on Nov. 4.

The vice president of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, Glenda Humiston, was a speaker at the summit. She said UC has calculated that 1.2 million California jobs are tied to the state's natural resources - including agriculture, fishing, mining, recreation...