…we left feeling like we have lots of potential partners for collaboration to meet our water and climate challenges. The California Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy Mission is funded in part by…
SWEEP Funding
…part of the California Climate Investments, which use proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a variety of additional benefits to California communities. Agricultural…
11th-Hour Push for GMO Labeling Standard
…their food, and stands behind “smart label” technology. There are only five days left on the legislative calendar for Congress to pass a bipartisan solution before Vermont’s mandatory on-package labeling…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…I hope you’ll follow along. I see this as just the beginning of a more extensive and fruitful Climate Smart Ag relationship between Israel and California. The California Climate Smart…
Two Southern California Firms Honored
…Costa Mesa, Calif., with the Presidential Green Chemistry Award for turning climate risk and other environmental problems into business opportunities. The companies are among five organizations nationwide honored for developing…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…in Washington, Oregon and his home-state of California. The focus of his trip was the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and climate change. Dolcini visited four Washington State USDA Service Centers…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email…
2016 GEELA Awards
…economy. Applications for the 2016 awards are being accepted through Friday, July 29, 2016. Categories This year, GEELA recipients will be chosen from five categories and one subcategory: Climate Change…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…benefit consumers with food security in the face of climate change and the loss of agricultural land.” Established by the 2008 Farm Bill and re-authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill,…
Agri View: Jackfruit
…under threat because of climate change. Once you get through its tough, green, knobbly exterior, you’re hit with a faint whiff of onion, sticky sap and odd looking seed pods…
The Western View: Cattle Pollution Numbers
…from UC Davis, Mitloehner traces much of the public confusion over meat and milk’s role in climate change to two sentences in the summary of a 2006 United Nations report,…
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…state for effects of climate change. The key elements of California WaterFix have long been part of the State’s comprehensive vision for the Delta, and the Water Board hearings are…
California Farmers Count Every Drop
…and accurate picture of crop water demand – potentially saving much-needed water for other uses. It is unknown when California’s current drought will end, and climate change will likely increase…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…commitment to mitigating climate change and promoting a clean-energy economy. This month, the Department is examining what a changing climate means to agriculture and how USDA is working to reduce…