…growers to help them on their farms by improving the overall sustainability and productivity of modern agriculture.” The West Sacramento greenhouse site will feature two new high-tech greenhouses located near…
Agri View: GMO Production
…make the biggest difference to the financial sustainability of the family farm. Corn (Non-Irrigated) 2000 2004 2010 (slight drought) 2011 (drought & hurricane) 2012 (drought) 2013 2014 Biotech Acres 10…
Preparing for an Uncertain Future with Climate Smart Agriculture
…At CDFA, we have a variety of programs and efforts underway to support agricultural sustainability, build resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions: More-efficient irrigation technologies — like…
DWR Draft Regulations for Managing Groundwater Basins Sustainably
…A single plan covering the entire basin developed and implemented by one groundwater sustainability agency. • A single plan covering the entire basin developed and implemented by multiple groundwater sustainability…
Green Industry Advances Are Focus of March 9 Conference; Awards Ceremony
…Food Co-op; Kebony; Linda Smith-Zengen; LittleFootprint Lighting; Michael Ben-Eli; Novica; Ocean Futures Society – Jean Michael Cousteau; Pitman Family Farms; Rare Form; Recology; Rodrigo Alonso; Singing Frogs Farms; Sustainability in…
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
…environment at the same time. They take a holistic approach to ranching, which includes their efforts to make their family farm financially and environmentally sustainability, as well as their commitment…
Commentary: Farmers Must Stay Engaged in Groundwater Planning
…the overdraft condition. Groundwater Sustainability Plan regulations: DWR is currently working on emergency regulations to be used in evaluating Groundwater Sustainability Plans. The regulations must be adopted by June 1,…
21 Groundwater Basins Identified as Critically Overdrafted
…the package of historic groundwater management laws enacted by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in September 2014, the basins identified by DWR as significantly overdrafted must have groundwater sustainability plans…
Agriculture Graduate Shortage
…botany and plant pathology, conservation biology, entomology, environmental science, food science, nutrition science, sustainability studies, and wildlife biology. Graduates who are mobile and have work experience will have more opportunity….
Ranches Surviving California Drought
…to take advantage of it – it’s good for sustainability, environmental issues, all the way down to financial sustainability,” Kevin explains. The ranch’s vineyards have water sensors in the ground…
Growing Organic, Conventional and GMO on the Same Farm
…embrace sustainability. Don Cameron, the farm’s general manager, gives a tour of his grape, tomato, and bell pepper fields, and also his almond orchard – showing just some of the…
EPA Announces $44 Million to Improve Water Quality, Infrastructure in Arizona, Nevada
…infrastructure improvement projects throughout Arizona and Nevada, with an emphasis on small and disadvantaged communities and projects that promote sustainability. Drinking Water SRF money funds public and private community and…
Groundwater Management a Costly Endeavor
…that clarify requirements for groundwater sustainability agency formation, the process for State Water Board intervention if no responsible agency is specified for a basin, guidelines for high- and medium-priority basins,…
Appropriations Bill Falls Short for Farmers While Tax Bill Offers Hope
…GMO labeling and WOTUS provisions; language which would have provided relief in the ethanol sector by fixing the Reid Vapor Pressure standards; and funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability…