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Letter of Intent The Department of Food and Agriculture of the State of California of the United States and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands (hereinafter referred to as “the Two Parties”), through friendly consultation, pledge their intent … Continue reading →

In the village of Valthermond in the east of the Netherlands, we visited Wageningen University‘s demonstration farm. Wageningen UR, like UC Davis, is one of the leading agricultural research universities in the world. Here, innovative practices on water and nutrient … Continue reading →

The 2015 California Leopold Conservation Award was presented this week at the California Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Meeting in Reno, NV. The recipient, honored for private landowner achievement in the voluntary stewardship and management of natural resources, was Prather Ranch, … Continue reading →

By Cathie Anderson The Food Network threw everything from orange push-ups to a vegetable sushi roll at 14-year-old Linden resident Elisabeth Watkins, but she kept her cool and came out a winner on a recent episode of “Chopped Junior.” The … Continue reading →

  As discussions in Paris continue on climate change, I’m excited to be with a California delegation in the Netherlands focusing on Climate Smart Agriculture – defined as an approach for developing the technical, policy and investment conditions for food … Continue reading →

California is a bountiful state full of some of the most generous and productive land, as well as people. Farmers care deeply about their local communities and many of them contribute to food banks through California Association of Food Banks’ … Continue reading →

By Amy Graf Christmas trees are the latest casualties of California’s devastating drought. Northern California tree farmers are reporting that this year’s crop is suffering due to the water shortage. “Ninety percent of the seedlings we planted last year died,” … Continue reading →

The USDA reminds farmers and ranchers that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) began this week and ends on Feb. 26, 2016. December 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of CRP, a federally funded program that … Continue reading →

Climate change is likely to impede progress on reducing undernourishment around the world in the decades ahead, according to a major scientific assessment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on global food security. The report, entitled Climate Change, Global … Continue reading →

NOTE – CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which distributes funds from the USDA for the benefit of specialty crops, is providing a portion of the funding for this program. By Dennis Pollock The Almond Board of California (ABC) is … Continue reading →