USDA Awards Grants for New School Food Service Equipment to Help Schools Improve the Quality of Meals WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the…
Conservation Programs and Farm Bill
Two champions of conservation programs say that those programs would be threatened if lawmakers fail to pass a new farm bill. Gary Crawford reports. Click to open or download audio…
Soil Health Workshops
…the UC West Side Research and Extension Center in Five Points. The UC Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation program has invited nationally known proponents of soil health to share their experiences…
Funding for Value-Added Producer Grants
There’s new funding availability for Value-Added Producer Grants. Julie McPeake has the story. Click to open or download audio report….
Record Sales And Revenue For Blue Diamond Almond Growers
…investments to ensure continued profitable growth. In April we opened our Almond Innovation Center on our Sacramento campus followed by the June grand opening of our Turlock plant, the largest…
California Conservation Investment by NRCS, Farmers and Ranchers Surpasses $200 Million in Federal Fiscal Year 2013
…schedule the conservation practices needed to conserve and protect water, soil, air and habitat on the land. NRCS California invested $102.8 million in working lands conservation programs, and when contributions…
CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant Technical Review Committee
…a description of the funding categories, please reference the Notice of Funding Availability posted at www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants. Information should be submitted via email to Leslie Sullivan (grants@cdfa.ca.gov) before December 2, 2013….
Funding for Conservation Programs
Some USDA conservation programs are currently accepting applications for funding, while funding for others expired due to the Farm Bill expiration. Rod Bain has more. Click to open or download…
Westlands Water District Supports California Agencies’ Request for Dialogue on Newly Released Draft Action Plan for Water
…allocation. Westlands is also committed to the longer term solution provided by the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and supports the implementation of the BDCP as the means of achieving…
CDFA To Discuss Groundwater Supply Challenges
…Steve Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey; Eric Oppenheimer, State Water Resources Control Board; Clay Rodgers, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Karen Christensen, Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County;…
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…will be invited to participate in Phase II of the process – submission of a grant proposal. Applicants must access the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) at www.cdfa.ca.gov/grants for detailed…
2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Workshops
…at each workshop location. Individuals planning to attend should email grants@cdfa.ca.gov with their contact information, number of seats required and workshop location. Upon confirmation of registration further details will be…
Department of Fish and Wildlife Meetings
…and habitats, and promote ecological conservation. The objectives for the update include creating a common vision for fish and wildlife conservation in California, providing an accounting of conservation accomplishments since…