…temperatures make them a practical means of climate control. Climbing over an arbor, vines give quick shade for patios and other outdoor living spaces. Planted beside a house wall or…
2018 Farm Bill Discussions
…United Dairymen; Cathy Fisher, California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA); Glenda Humiston, UC Agricultural and Natural Resources; Eric Holst, Environmental Defense Fund; Jeanne Merrill, California Climate Action Network; and…
Safe Fruit and Juice
…the greenhouse. Image courtesy of USDA/ARS The American tree fruit industry is facing challenges of climate change, reductions in available labor, global competition, the need for reduced chemical inputs, the…
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
…strategies in a semi-arid land Climate Smart Israel-First Day Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert Climate Smart Israel – to Jerusalem and the…
Climate Smart Israel – to Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee
…joint projects and collaboration. In addition to water and climate smart agriculture, he is interested in advancing aquaculture, the use of satellites and drones to improve agriculture, and agri-tourism. We…
USDA Announces Key Measures to Improve Pollinator Health
…marginally productive agricultural lands. This helps to combat global climate change and provides resiliency to future weather changes. This analysis shows that among its many other benefits, CRP also is…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Ross is traveling through Israel this week with a California delegation interested in adaptation strategies for climate change and…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…I am traveling in great company! The California Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy Mission is funded in part by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program …
Climate Smart Israel
…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…