on more than 75 acres of rich farmland, ted and fran loewen look after some of the most prized produce on menus across the state. the couple represents the third generation of farming in a family that first moved to the area inthe 1930s. fran and ted eventually took over the operation from her dad herb and immediately saw a need to change a few things in order to stay competitive. >> father-in-law back in the sixties had a fairly typical orchard for this area, where he would have a number of varieties to go through the season and he would pack them, and they would get marketed with others doing the same thing. as the market changed, we had a choice to make: either get bigger or find a niche market. >> in addition to changing the fruit they grow, the loewens also strived to change the way they grew their fruit. long before the days of organic and in a time when farmland around them was rapidly disappearing, the loewens, along with some local farmers, came up with a set of growing guidelines called "california clean," which later became the catalyst for them going 100% organic. >> taking

update news reporters kate loewen and ingrid almaraz give us a look back at the history of broadcast news here at s-j-s-u in this special report. ">>>ingrid: the new show you are currently watching has a history going back six decades here at san jose state. the journalism departments student produced news show evolved from sjs reports, a radio show, to sjs update, to the current update news. kate: after more than half a century of news reporting, the journalism department has produced several famous alumni who are current and previous professional newscasters. w we celebrate these individuals who in turn reflect on the legacy that is san jose state student television news. count down with us on this special report. --- montage ---(count down) ingrid: we start with the person who pioneered update news in the 1960's. ---gordon greb---(picture of gordon and 60's footage) ingrid: to help us reflect on this decade is former ktvu and sjs reporter as well as current update news professor lloyd lacuesta. lloyd lacuesta, sjs reports, ktvu channel 2i i want to continue on with what started wa

were wrong, sequester doesn't kill, the economy doing fine, home sales are soaring, high-end and loewenres are humming. what happened? i am still looking. okay, mercedes what is the deal? >> well, i think that president obama is learning to live with the sequestration cuts just as majority of american people are, there was no immediate impact on the majority of the american people. he went out on his warning tour, where it would be immediate, and very severe impact we would see with the cuts, we have not seen it at the end we're seeing dc area still booming, housing market doing very well. the unemployment rate here has been unchanged at about 5.9%. so, i think that you know, there may be some bit of an impact but not enough for him to have put forward when he decided a warning to that you know sky was going to fall, we would have huge fallens. >> so happy to hear that you think that obama administration is doing a good job with the economy. neil: to our regular viewer, i have been talking about real estate. off the mat is not the same as off to the races. >> thank you. i will also say

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on more than 75 acres of rich farmland, ted and fran loewen look after some of the most prized producen on menus across the state. the couple represents the third generation of farming in a family that first moved to the area in the 1930s. fran and ted eventually took over the operation from her dad herb and immediately saw a need to change a few things in order to stay competitive. >> father-in-law back in the sixties had a fairly typical orchard for this area, where he would have a number of varieties to go through the season and he would pack them, and they would get marketed with others doing the same thing. as the market changed, we had a choice to make: either get bigger or find a niche market. >> in addition to changing the fruit they grow, the loewens also strived to change the way they grew their fruit. long before the days of organic and in a time when farmland around them was rapidly disappearing, the loewens, along with some local farmers, came up with a set of growing guidelines called "california clean," which later became the catalyst for them going 100% organic. >> taki