…please visit the conference website: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep.html For more information about the 2014 conference or the department’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program, please contact program staff at frep@cdfa.ca.gov or (916) 900-5022….
California School District Rewrites Menu for Student Lunches
(from PB News Hour) For children across the country, returning to school means eating mass-produced lunches. But Oakland, California, is implementing an ambitious plan to transform their lunch program to…
NRCS Selects California Projects for National Conservation Innovation Grants
…CIG program to fund the development of unique and innovative solutions that will make natural resources conservation more effective and efficient. State level grants will be announced soon. “Conservation Innovation…
Leopold Conservation Award Finalists Announced
…as conservation leaders. The California Leopold Conservation Award is made possible thanks to generous contributions from many organizations including the California Farm Bureau Federation, Sustainable Conservation, The Lynde and Harry…
Ag Leaders On Hand as Governor Brown Signs Landmark Groundwater Legislation
…Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Bay Area Council, California Building Industry Association, California League of Conservation Voters, California State Association of Counties, California Water Foundation, Clean Water Action, Community Water…
Improving Consumer Education a Must
…crucial opportunity go by with the lack of consumer education. Improving Consumer Education a Must Koopman is a past winner of the Leopold Conservation Award. This award honors agricultural landowners…
Secretary Vilsack Highlights Innovative Conservation Efforts
…Conservation Stewardship Program contract with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and have also received technical assistance from NRCS. The Secretary saw soil conservation practices including “no till” and grassed waterways…
Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller Discusses Conservation Projects
The 2014 Farm Bill is our country’s biggest investment in land and water conservation and has been called the most significant conservation legislation in generations. Voluntary partnerships between agricultural and…
California and UC Berkeley Win $335,000 in U.S. EPA Grants
…and hazardous materials reduction, resource conservation, efficient business practices and pollution prevention integration activities. Eligible applicants include states, local governments, tribes, and nonprofit organizations. Today begins national Pollution Prevention Week,…
Federal Officials to Tour Southern California Agriculture
…The goal of the annual program, organized and hosted by California Agricultural Leadership Program alumni, is to educate regulatory and policy decision makers about California agriculture and foster open communication…
Class 45 Fellows Selected for California Agricultural Leadership Program
…learned in the program to benefit agriculture, their businesses, organizations and communities.” CALF invests about $50,000 per fellow to participate in the program, which is underwritten by individual and industry…
California Gets $22 Million from USDA for Conservation Programs
…easement programs – Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, Grasslands Reserve Program and Wetlands Reserve Program – into two components. One component protects farmlands and grasslands, and the other protects…
California Labor Agency and California Community Colleges to Administer $1 Million Drought-related Training Program in the San Joaquin Valley
…back on their feet.” Under an interagency agreement, the Chancellor’s Office will use $1 million to develop and implement this program, which will run from Sept. 15, 2014 through June…
Don’t Miss Farm Bill Program Deadlines
Some of the new farm bill programs have deadlines fast approaching. Rob Bain has more on which ones are coming up. Don’t Miss Farm Bill Program Deadlines…