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USDA awards nearly $300K to regional organizations for programs serving new and underserved farmers

The U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) has announced that nearly $300,000 will be awarded to regional organizations in California to train and educate new and underserved farmers and ranchers on Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs and services. The University of California-Davis … Continue reading

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Elementary school students learn about critters at CDFA lab

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Apple Hill – the season is upon us

With the first day of Fall arriving this week, Californians are again starting to turn their attention to El Dorado County’s Apple Hill, which is now in the midst of its 2016 production season. From CDFA’s award-winning Growing California video … Continue reading

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CDFA participates in American Heart Association Heart Walk

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CDFA joins partnership to study nitrate leaching from irrigated agriculture in Central Valley – from the Fresno Bee

By Robert Rodriguez The Kings River Water Quality Coalition along with several other South Valley water quality coalitions received a $2 million grant from the federal government to address nitrate leaching from irrigated agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant … Continue reading

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UCLA researchers warn that centuries of drought could return to California – from the San Francisco Chronicle

By Bill Disbrow We may someday have to stop calling our drought a temporary phenomenon and just label it the new normal. Climate change could lock the state into a dry pattern lasting centuries or even a millennia if history … Continue reading

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#Farm2Fan video series – Kingsburg Family-Farmed Blueberries

California Grown and Visit California are teaming up to produce the #Farm2Fan video series, profiling farms throughout California and fans of those farms who stop by for a visit.

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CDFA collaborates on draft ‘Vibrant Communities and Landscapes’ plan to help meet climate change goals

Note – CDFA is a collaborative partner in an effort to meet a mid-term greenhouse gas reduction reduction target for California of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. CDFA is joining with the following agencies: Business, Consumer Services and Housing … Continue reading

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Wine Month in California – two videos

Governor Brown has proclained September as ‘Wine Month’ in California. In connection with that CDFA offers two encore presentations from the Growing California video series: “Wine Connections,” an overview of wine tasting; and “Love on the Vine,” the story of … Continue reading

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USDA Offers $5 million in Farm to School Grants to Increase Local Foods in Schools

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that up to $5 million in grant funds is available to help schools create or strengthen farm to school programs this school year. Administered by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, these … Continue reading

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