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As the holiday season continues, CDFA is asking for help from Californians in fruit fly quarantine zones — rather than moving homegrown fruits and vegetables from their property, please enjoy the produce with friends and family at home. There are … Continue reading →

Taken from a USDA news release The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is using emergency funding to respond to threats associated with growing outbreaks of exotic fruit flies in California. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack approved … Continue reading →

By CDFA Secretary Karen Ross I am grateful to have had the opportunity to attend COP28 –the UN’s annual conference on climate change — last week in Dubai. It was my third COP, and I noticed that the conversations with … Continue reading →

Today is National Poinsettia Day! As shown in the accompanying graphic, California leads the nation in poinsettia production. There’s a grower in the Central Valley that supplies tens of thousands of poinsettias each year. CDFA visited Duarte Nursery in Hughson, … Continue reading →

From the Food Tank web site During a recent session at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP28 in Dubai), CDFA secretary Karen Ross discussed the ways the climate crisis is affecting the state’s farmers and opportunities to overcome these challenges. … Continue reading →

Culminating Healthy Soils Week 2023, a hearing on soil biodiversity was held today at the State Capitol in association with the Assembly Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Natural Resources Committee. The hearing focused on CDFA’s recently released report: Soil … Continue reading →

By CDFA Secretary Karen Ross I am pleased to be part of the California delegation in Dubai this week at COP28, the United Nations conference on climate change. CDFA Deputy Secretary for Climate and Working Lands Virginia Jameson is traveling with me. The … Continue reading →

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross and Doug McKalip, Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, had an opportunity to meet with participants at this year’s annual Almond Conference, taking place in Sacramento at the SAFE Credit … Continue reading →

It’s World Soil Day — an essential component of California’s annual Healthy Soils Week. In this video, we meet farmer Scott Park of Meridian, Sutter County, and we learn about the steps he follows for improved soil health in the … Continue reading →