Biologically Integrated Farming Systems

CDFA Now Accepting Proposals for Biologically Integrated Farming Systems Grants

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Farm tractor spraying pesticides & insecticides herbicides over green vineyard field. Napa Valley, Napa County, California, USA DepositPhotos image The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has announced that…

agave

Tomatoes to Tequila: Stuart Woolf’s Agave Revolution in California

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…450 acres of agave in Fresno County. “Honestly,” Woolf laughs, “I was drinking mezcal one night and thought, ‘Why am I not growing this stuff?’” That tequila-fueled epiphany has turned…

Anderson

California Ag Under Pressure: Innovation, Legacy, and the Voice of Nick Anderson

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…to delivering fresh, nutritious food to the rest of the country. Unfortunately, some of California’s best farmland has been lost to urban development, especially in Southern regions like Orange County….

California

Elaine Culotti “The Lipstick Farmer” on Fixing California Supply Chain, Other Issues

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…pull ag and all of these county supervisor people that show up and say, shame on you, you’re selling goat cheese out and have them fight crime. Giving a farm…