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#CDFACentennial – In the Beginning

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a state agency in 2019. Throughout the year this blog will feature a number of items to commemorate this milestone, including these photographs from the beginning. 

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Video – Rice fields and wildlife

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

Videos from the California Rice Commission Northern California rice fields demonstrate what are known as ecosystem services – multiple benefits gained from farming and ranching, including crop and livestock production. Please visit CDFA’s database of ecosystem services throughout the state.

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The Super Bowl of chicken wings

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

Will Americans be ‘winging it’ for the Big Game? The National Chicken Council (NCC) has released its annual Chicken Wing Report, and the answer is a resounding “yes!”  NCC projects Americans’ consumption of the unofficial gameday menu staple – the chicken wing … Continue reading →

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CalCannabis: 2018 by the numbers

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

More information at the CalCannabis web site.

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#CDFACentennial – a century of work against Bovine Tuberculosis

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a state agency in 2019. Throughout the year this blog will feature a number of items to commemorate this milestone. This post is about Bovine Tuberculosis, a … Continue reading →

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New report from American Farmland Trust: women landowners impact conservation practices

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

From Morning Ag Clips American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement “No Farms No Food,” has published its Women for the Land Program report, “Testing the Women Landowner Conservation Learning Circle Model.” The report, along with illustrative profiles and … Continue reading →

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Healthy Soils: CDFA hosts Chinese delegation

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

CDFA recently hosted a Chinese delegation visiting to learn more about the department’s Healthy Soils Program. The delegation was comprised of directors and agronomists from China’s agricultural extension services, similar to the University of California Cooperative Extension service. The delegation was … Continue reading →

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Excellence in Public Service: Bob Wynn, Statewide Coordinator for CDFA’s Pierce’s Disease Control Program since its inception in 2000, leaves state service

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

Bob Wynn was appointed Statewide Coordinator for the newly created Pierce’s Disease Control Program in December 2000 – but his professional path to that position began 25 years before when he followed in the footsteps of his father, Robert Wynn, … Continue reading →

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Tulare County third-grader grows prize-winning giant cabbage

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs
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Organic price premiums dip as demand grows, choices multiply – from Associated Press

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs

By Dee Ann Durbin U.S. shoppers are still paying more for organic food, but the price premium is falling as organic options multiply. Last year, organic food and beverages cost an average of 24 cents more per unit than conventional … Continue reading →

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