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Among the celebrations occurring in March each year are Girl Scout Week, National Cheerleading Week, and National Button Week.  Here at the Department of Food and Agriculture we celebrate Ag Day (March 22,2017 ), and our Division of Measurement Standards … Continue reading →

Note – This has also appeared in the Visalia Times-Delta and the Tulare Advance-Register newspapers.  By Karen Ross, CDFA Secretary; Craig McNamara, President of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture; and Sue Sigler, Executive Director, California Association of … Continue reading →

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross received the “Climate and Agriculture Leadership Award” yesterday from CalCAN,  the California Climate and Action Network. Secretary Ross was recognized for a commitment throughout her career to climate adaptation practices, including a series of environmental farming programs at … Continue reading →

This month the Planting Seeds blog is featuring stories on food security, nutrition, and efforts to reduce food waste. CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork is committed to helping all Californians access healthy and nutritious California-grown food by connecting consumers, school districts, … Continue reading →

Mankind’s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate, warns a new FAO report. Though very real and significant progress in reducing global hunger … Continue reading →

By Sean Nealon A team of scientists, led by a group at the University of California, Riverside, has received a five-year, $5.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fight a disease that is devastating the citrus industry. The … Continue reading →

This month the Planting Seeds blog is featuring stories on food security, nutrition, and efforts to reduce food waste. CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork is committed to helping all Californians access healthy and nutritious California-grown food by connecting consumers, school districts, … Continue reading →

CDFA’s series of listening sessions for input on priorities for the 2018 Farm Bill will conclude this week with meetings in Salinas on Wednesday, February 22 and Los Angeles on Thursday, February 23rd. The Salinas listening session will be from 4:30-6:30 … Continue reading →

When a fear of imminent disaster on February 12 led to mass evacuations in communities along the Feather River beneath Oroville Dam, tens of thousands of people were forced to clear out in a hurry, many with no place to … Continue reading →