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NRCS making air quality incentives available to agricultural producers

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is making air quality funds available to help agricultural producers improve and maintain air quality within designated nonattainment areas of California. Funding for the National Air Quality Initiative (NAQI) is available through the Environmental … Continue reading →

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Governor Brown approves bill that could improve food access for needy families – from the San José Mercury News

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

  By Annie Sciacca California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a bill that could boost a program increasing access to healthy food for low-income families through farmers’ markets that has already grown considerably in the Bay Area. The governor has … Continue reading →

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Thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks seized at CDFA’s Truckee and Yermo Border Inspection Stations – from the Sierra Sun

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

By Kevin McMillan If you’ve been wondering why westbound lanes of Interstate 80 have seemed overly backed up near Truckee’s agricultural inspection station the past several days, it’s due to increased enforcement from state officials looking for illegal fireworks. Earlier … Continue reading →

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Debate on Stanford study showing deep groundwater reserve in California – from the Washington Post

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

By Chris Mooney In a surprising new study, Stanford researchers have found that drought-ravaged California is sitting on top of a vast and previously unrecognized water resource, in the form of deep groundwater, residing at depths between 1,000 and nearly … Continue reading →

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Secretary Ross thanks CDFA’s Rick Jensen for more than 40 years of service

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs
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Apps for Ag Hackathon scheduled for July 15-17 at UC Davis

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

From the Apps for Ag website: Apps for Ag is a series of agriculture focused hackathons. Our purpose is to bring together the seemingly disparate worlds of software development and commercial farming into a collaborative event. Our mission is to … Continue reading →

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California State Fair honors “Best of Show” in wine, beer, cheese and olive oil

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

  For more than 160 years, the California State Fair has showcased the best of the Golden State. This year’s competition welcomed an impressive range of wine, cheese, beer and olive oil entries, and the “Best of Show” honors were … Continue reading →

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Climate Smart Agriculture – California and the Netherlands to co-host joint webinar on July 7

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

The California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands will co-host a joint webinar on Climate Smart Agriculture on July 7, 2016. The webinar will feature discussions and presentations addressing salinity in specialty crops … Continue reading →

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Climate Smart Israel – a report from Secretary Ross

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

Greetings from  Tel Aviv! This was the first modern city built in Israel. The city itself has a population of about 200,000 but the entire metropolitan area is home to 3.5 million of the country’s 8.2 million inhabitants. On our first … Continue reading →

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Digital signs at CDFA Border Inspection Stations new tool to improve communication

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

Watch this video from CDFA’s Growing California series about Border Inspection Stations as California’s first line of defense.

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