Author Archives: Office of Public Affairs

By Ezra David Romero California farmers and environmental justice leaders are joining forces to support a bill that would help fund a clean drinking water program. The coalition, which includes the Community Water Center, is urging California Assembly leaders to bring  SB623, … Continue reading →

By Jennifer Best (Excerpted) Pesticides, herbicides, organics and technology are all hot topics in the agriculture community, but labor issues, particularly a lack of available workers, are the chief concerns this year for large-scale operations on the Central Coast. “Labor … Continue reading →

By Anna Guth The infection arrives with the rains, splashing down from a neighbor’s thick leaves. It takes hold one winter and persists silently for a year or two. Ambrosia beetles and bark beetles colonize the weakened tanoak, and the … Continue reading →

  Gold Country Fair 9/7/2017 to 9/10/2017 Auburn, CA Kern County Fair 9/20/2017 to 10/1/2017 Bakersfield, CA Lodi Grape Festival 9/14/2017 to 9/17/2017 Lodi, CA Los Angeles County Fair 9/1/2017 to 9/25/2017 Pomona, CA Madera District Fair 9/7/2017 to 9/10/2017 … Continue reading →

Excerpted news release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife  California state government agencies combating the spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels remind boaters to remain cautious over the Labor Day weekend. Quagga and zebra mussels are invasive … Continue reading →

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) has issued a statewide Flex Alert that calls for voluntary electricity conservation from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, September 1, 2017. Consumers are urged to conserve electricity especially during the afternoon when air conditioners typically … Continue reading →

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is in Mexico this week with a California Grown trade delegation focusing on expanding opportunities for California specialty crops. Secretary Ross met with Mr. Raul Urteaga Trani, general coordinator for international affairs with Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture, … Continue reading →

By Art Marroquin Drivers speeding into California along southbound Interstate 15 usually come to an abrupt, but necessary, stop about 100 miles past the Nevada border. And just like that, a worker usually waves them past a giant, yellow “California … Continue reading →

By Chelsea Harvey Agriculture has historically released almost as much carbon into the atmosphere as deforestation, a new study suggests — and that’s saying something. In a paper published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that … Continue reading →