By Lindsey Brackett, KEDF/KEDC Intern One of Kern County’s newest residents, Elizabeth Straley, is one to thank for filling grocery stores with summer’s most popular snack… watermelon! As a local watermelon breeder at United Genetics Seeds, Elizabeth’s daily routine at…

This is definitely being whenever compared with “Swagger Like Us” as well as the debate over whose verse was the “best” has officially started to spread like wild sack. It is only fair to ask, that do you think shined…

By Lindsey Brackett, KEDF/KEDC Intern Kern Economic Development Foundation’s newly elected chair, Bill Rector, is no stranger to leadership roles in Kern County and he brings a broad range of experience to his new position. Currently the executive director at…

By Lindsey Brackett, KEDF/KEDC Intern When most young kids are asked what they want to be when they grow up, they give answers such as a doctor, a teacher or a police officer.  Lucky for Jeannie Bertolaccini, she was only…

Set aside part of your morning on Friday, May 19th and stop by the Inaugural Kern County STEMposium at the Bakersfield College gymnasium!  Students will demonstrate some of their best STEM-related projects from the classroom.  Think: robots, pharmaceutical compounding, 3-D…