Author Archives: Office of Public Affairs

http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press_Releases/Press_Release.asp?PRnum=13-032 As part of the ongoing effort to ensure that California is prepared for the impacts of climate change, the Climate Change Consortium for Specialty Crops has produced a report, Climate Change Consortium for Specialty Crops – Impacts and Strategies for Resilience, which identifies recommendations … Continue reading →

This is a reprise post from our Growing California video series. Apple Hill is now open for its annual fall run in El Dorado County.

News release from Lund University in Sweden: A Lund University research team has made an astounding discovery – bees have a battery of healthy bacteria in their honey stomach that protects them. Giving these lactic acid bacteria back to bees … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/business/media/a-magazine-for-farm-to-table.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY HUDSON, N.Y. — When a fledgling magazine gets former President Bill Clinton to contribute an article, you would think he would be featured on the cover. But the cover model for the current issue of the quarterly Modern … Continue reading →

  http://www.shanghaidaily.com/Business/finance/California-dreaming-in-Shanghai/shdaily.shtml To further bolster business ties between China and California in the United States, California Week was opened in Shanghai (last week), (at) which (there is) an exhibit at the city’s downtown Yandang Road of the best agricultural and … Continue reading →

http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press_Releases/Press_Release.asp?PRnum=13-025 The California Department of Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce what is believed to be the first-ever Ecosystem Services Database, which is now available at http://apps.cdfa.ca.gov/EcosystemServices Ecosystem Services are defined as the multiple benefits we gain from farming and … Continue reading →

http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press_Releases/Press_Release.asp?PRnum=13-026&print=yes The California Department of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and their partner agencies in the California/Federal Dairy Digester Working Group have announced a joint solicitation for dairy digester concept proposals. California is the largest dairy state … Continue reading →

In observance of the twelfth anniversary of the September 11th attack, Cal Expo officials have announced the California State Fair 9/11 Memorial Plaza will be open to the general public on Wednesday, September 11 to honor the victims lost twelve … Continue reading →