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Secretary Ross traveled through Israel this week with a California delegation interested in adaptation strategies for climate change and drought Yesterday, as our travels through Israel neared their conclusion, our delegation participated in the Financial Innovations Lab of the California-Israel … Continue reading →

Secretary Ross is traveling through Israel this week with a California delegation interested in adaptation strategies for climate change and drought Yesterday took us north to the Sea of Galilee. The sense of history here leaves me in a state … Continue reading →

Secretary Ross is traveling through Israel this week with a California delegation interested in adaptation strategies for climate change and drought Yesterday we visited the Ben Gurion University Desert Research Institute. Ben Gurion was Israel’s first prime minister. He believed … Continue reading →

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 →

Secretary Ross is traveling through Israel this week with a California delegation interested in adaptation strategies for climate change and drought Yesterday we started with an excellent overview of agriculture in Israel presented by Oren Shaked, a senior agricultural specialist … Continue reading →

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 →

Israel is regarded as perhaps the most climate-smart agricultural region in the world. It has to be, with annual rainfall of about 17 inches (source: World Bank). By comparison, portions of the Sierra Nevada, the source of much of California’s … Continue reading →

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

Highlights Internet of Things (IoT) refers to an emerging trend where more devices are connected to users and other devices via the Internet IoT enables “smart” networks that allow different devices to function together or independently IoT could help with … Continue reading →

By Jeannette E. Warnert Sheep shearing is like a dance. It requires strength, flexibility, a tender touch and the right moves. Once mastered, the skill can open the door to gratifying and high-paying seasonal work. “I tell my sheep shearing … Continue reading →