{"id":21138,"date":"2020-04-21T08:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=21138"},"modified":"2020-04-28T13:48:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T20:48:35","slug":"earthday2020-cdfas-healthy-soils-program-promotes-environmental-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/04\/21\/earthday2020-cdfas-healthy-soils-program-promotes-environmental-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"#EarthDay2020 &#8211; CDFA\u2019s Healthy Soils Program promotes environmental stewardship, biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As international observers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthday.org\/earth-day-2020\/\">Earth Day<\/a> recognize its 50th year this week, CDFA would like to note an essential relationship between farmers and the Earth that goes back many centuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers and ranchers are stewards of the land while providing for sustainability of life and the Earth itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDFA offers several grant programs to help facilitate that stewardship, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/oefi\/healthysoils\/\">Healthy Soils Program.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe width=\"592\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQp-9WKroQo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" title=\"Video: Healthy Soils Practices Increase Farm\u2019s Biodiversity\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/oefi\/\">Learn more about CDFA&#8217;s Office of Environment Farming and Innovation. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As international observers of Earth Day recognize its 50th year this week, CDFA would like to note an essential relationship between farmers and the Earth that goes back many centuries. 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