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Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers – from CALmatters

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

By Alistair Bland / CALmatters Loren Poncia’s idling pickup shudders in a powerful gust of afternoon wind in western Marin County. Inside the warm cab, he scans the sun-browned hills through his binoculars, counting his grazing cows. Poncia raises beef cattle. … Continue reading →

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Secretary Ross, Senator Lara help unveil revamped digester facility at Open Sky Ranch Dairy

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs
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Video: Lessons & Leadership at the “Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture” Event

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

A look back at the “Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture” event hosted by CDFA in Sonoma County Sept. 11-12, held in conjunction with the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco Sept. 12-14. The Global Climate Action Summit brought leaders and … Continue reading →

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Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture: a “California Conversation” brings leaders, innovators together

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

The Global Climate Action Summit is September 12-14 in San Francisco. The affiliated Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture Event in Sonoma County is connecting climate stakeholders including farmers and ranchers, multinational corporations, foreign governments and non-governmental organizations to further the role of agriculture in climate … Continue reading →

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Climate Smart Agriculture and California’s Healthy Soils Initiative

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

The discussions underway at the Scaling-up Climate Smart Agriculture and Global Climate Action Summit events this week include the critical importance of healthy soils. California’s Healthy Soils Initiative is a collaboration of state agencies and departments, led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, … Continue reading →

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Summer interns contribute to key projects at CDFA

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

In a few short weeks, CDFA will host the Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture forum which will bring together farmers and ranchers, international partners and climate stakeholders to discuss the important role agriculture plays in climate discussions. This event, part … Continue reading →

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Carbon Farming coming to Central Coast – from The Bottom Line

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

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 →

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California is turning farms into carbon-sucking factories – from Grist

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

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 →

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California Ag Day 2018 – photo highlights

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

Our Ag Day 2018 celebration on the steps of the California Capitol was a lot like California agriculture: a little of everything. We had enough raindrops to keep things growing, and enough food, flowers and fun to fill every cowboy hat in the place. Our … Continue reading →

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Bakersfield dairy farmers embrace climate smart technology

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

For second generation dairy farmer Felix Echeverria, dairy farming is a family affair. His father, an immigrant from Spain’s Basque country, began milking cows in Southern California in the early 1950’s. Since then, Mr. Echeverria and his brother Johnny, have … Continue reading →

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