Host & Executive Producer

Aubrey Aquino

A California girl, Aubrey was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a longtime broadcast professional working in TV and radio. Prior to joining the California Farm Bureau in the summer of 2022, she hosted shows in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Southern Virginia and Miami. Aubrey has a diverse media resume with credits at iHeart Media, Comcast Newsmakers, E! News, CNN and the NFL Network. She's interviewed celebrities like Hugh Jackman, Meryl Streep, Miley Cyrus, John Travolta, Patrick Dempsey, Serena Williams, Eva Mendes, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Steven Tyler. Aubrey’s also gotten a little “wild” at work, wrestling an alligator in the Florida Everglades, feeding stingrays in the Bahamas and paddle surfing in the Atlantic Ocean!

Proud to have unique experiences working in the NFL and NBA, she is an alumni pro team member of the Oakland Raiderettes, Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders and Sacramento Kings “FastBreak.” Aubrey is also a published author with her work in The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Pro Cheerleader, as well as Miso for Life: A Melting Pot of Thoughts.

Aubrey earned her bachelor of science in broadcast journalism from San Jose State University and is a mom to two athletic and energetic boys. In her free time, she can usually be found cheering them on from the sidelines. Aubrey looks forward to sharing the stories of farmers and ranchers in her home state and connecting with viewers by producing exciting lifestyle and food-related content for California Bountiful.

Managing Director of Publications

Barbara Arciero

Food and words have always been two of Barbara’s top interests, so it’s probably no surprise she has shaped her career around both.

After earning a degree in home economics journalism (yes, it’s a thing!) from the University of Missouri, Barbara served as food editor of two daily newspapers, managed public relations for a nonprofit, wrote for a food-oriented PR agency and edited two grocery-industry magazines.

That’s a lot of words about food!

Since 2006, Barbara’s goal at California Farm Bureau has been to use words—paired with compelling photography and design—to connect California Bountiful readers to the people who provide the world with food and a host of other agricultural products. She says she learns something new every day from farmers and ranchers. For instance: Most of the state’s sunflowers are grown for their seed—not for us to eat but for other farmers to use to grow more sunflowers. (Want to find out why?)

Assistant Editor

Linda DuBois

Ever since Linda grew up in Santa Rosa surrounded by vineyards, orchards and all kinds of farms, she’s been fascinated with agriculture.

“The fact that you could put a tiny seed in some dirt and it would transform into food just seemed like magic,” she says.

At her first opportunity, she planted a large backyard vegetable garden and every summer her kitchen overflows with squash, green beans, tomatoes … you name it. Her favorite hobby also taught her something: Growing food can be complicated—often thwarted by weather, pests, critters and weeds.

Linda has also been a regular farmers market and farm-box customer who appreciates knowing who grows her food and how.

So, after a long career as a newspaper reporter, feature writer and editor, she is thrilled to use her journalism experience to tell the stories of hard-working farmers and ranchers who bring food and other commodities to Californians and the world.