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- A look at CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
- Pistachios bring more than $5 billion in economic impact — from Western Farm Press
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- Coming this Thursday — Secretary Ross to participate in “Farmers: Agents of Change in Greening Agriculture” event with Danish government and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Did You Know? CDFA Animal Health Branch investigates hundreds of animal disease incidents
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- Office of Public Affairs on USDA investments in specialty crops and food security to bring millions to California
- Sara Letton on USDA investments in specialty crops and food security to bring millions to California
- Agriculture… à la carte – Your Weekly Ag Update – LearnAboutAg@Home! on CDFA teams up with partners to introduce California Pollinator Coalition
- Sami on CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork Looks Ahead to Fertile Future
- Molly on Opinion: A law has empowered farmworkers for 46 years. The Supreme Court must let it be — from the Washington Post
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Category Archives: Healthy soils
CDFA, NRCS and Ag Council come together for healthy soils tour
CDFA Secretary Karen Ross recently joined growers, industry representatives and partners from the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on a healthy soils tour in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The goal of the event was to bring together various stakeholders … Continue reading
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Carbon Farming coming to Central Coast – from The Bottom Line
Note – The Bottom Line is the student newspaper at UC Santa Barbara. By Tanner Walker Carbon ranching is coming to Santa Barbara County, but farmers aren’t growing carbon — they’re putting it back into the ground. With the help … Continue reading
How can I use natural materials to build soil fertility in my garden? – Sustainable, Secure Food Blog
Not much beats the taste and nutrition of fresh vegetables that travel from your garden to your kitchen! Or the fragrance of fresh cut flowers that go straight to your vase. What are some ways you can use – or … Continue reading
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California is turning farms into carbon-sucking factories – from Grist
By Nathaniel Johnson, Grist In a grand experiment, California switched on a fleet of high-tech greenhouse gas removal machines last month. Funded by the state’s cap-and-trade program, they’re designed to reverse climate change by sucking carbon dioxide out of the … Continue reading
Can dirt save the Earth? From the New York Times Magazine
By Moises Velasquez-Manoff EXCERPTED When John Wick and his wife, Peggy Rathmann, bought their ranch in Marin County, Calif., in 1998, it was mostly because they needed more space. Rathmann is an acclaimed children’s book author — “Officer Buckle and … Continue reading
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California Soils Week: GrowGood community garden tour
CDFA Secretary Karen Ross joined Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Strategic Growth Council Executive Director Randall Winston and other guests in the Southern California city of Bell today to tour an innovative community garden, GrowGood, that works to provide food security to the … Continue reading
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Update on climate change programs from CDFA’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation
CDFA recently issued this newsletter to provide updates about programs in its Office of Environmental Farming Initiatives. The Healthy Soils Program OEFI has a new program that aims to improve soil health by increasing soil carbon and reducing atmospheric greenhouse … Continue reading
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To Fight Climate Change, Heal the Ground – From the NY Times
California Today: To Fight Climate Change, Heal the Ground By:Mike McPhate The climate change fight has focused largely on cutting emissions. But California is now considering another solution: dirt. Whereas an overabundance of carbon in the air has been disrupting … Continue reading
A Climate Change Solution Beneath Our Feet – from UC Davis
From UC Davis There’s too much carbon in the atmosphere and not enough in the ground where it’s useful. When we think of climate change solutions, what typically comes to mind is the transportation we use, the lights in our … Continue reading
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Video: Secretary Ross joins celebration of the formation of the California Farm Demonstration Network – from UC ANR
The newly formed Farm Demonstration Network is designed to increase the adoption of improved-performance conservation agriculture systems in California. Founding signatories, including CDFA Secretary Karen Ross, gathered on May 5 to launch the network with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): the … Continue reading