Sustainable wine grape groups are looking for a way to make certified sustainable grapes more profitable for growers, and some wineries are already acknowledging the trend. Paying for Sustainability It’s…
Proving Sustainability Sometimes Just Paperwork
…Sustainable Wine Operations There are several sustainability groups in California that offer certification for growers to prove their operations are all around sustainable. Allied Grape Growers President and CEO Nat…
Almond Orchard Sustainability Lifecycle Study Highlights Greenhouse Gas Benefits, Provides Baseline for Future Goals
…solutions that lead to continued improvement in efficient and sustainable, environmentally responsible farming.” Sustainability(1) often is studied in distinct parts, but this study is a comprehensive lifecycle assessment that examines…
Agricultural Land to be Discussed at Upcoming Ca. State Board of Food and Agriculture Meeting
…by Gov. Brown in 2014. The law requires long-term management of groundwater resources by local water agencies according to economic and environmental needs. SGMA also requires groundwater sustainability plans to…
U.S. Wheat Growers See TPA as First Step to Increased Export Opportunity
…federal farm policy, trade, environmental regulation, agricultural research and sustainability. USW is the industry’s market development organization working in more than 100 countries. Its mission is to “develop, maintain, and…
Almond Board of California Announce $2.5 M Towards Water Efficiency, Bee and Farming Research
…Almond Sustainability Program (CASP). This self-‐assessment and education program documents almond growers’ and handlers’ achievements in adopting cost-‐effective, environmentally and socially responsible practices and highlights where opportunities for improvement exist….
Almond Board: New Regulations for Growers Using Chlorpyrifos
…for growers who use chlorpyrifos. As of July 1, they must get a permit from the county agriculture commissioner’s office. Gabriel Ludwig, director of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs at the…
New Report Shows U.S. Biobased Products Industry Contributes $369 Billion
…The BioPreferred program commissioned the independent Economic Impact of the Biobased Product Industry report, which is primarily authored by Dr. Jay Golden, director of Duke University’s Center for Sustainability &…
The Western View: Jack London, Farmer
…also a farmer? And he was one of the first to develop the philosophy of sustainability. London grew up on the mean streets of San Francisco and Oakland in the…
Commodity Groups Meet to Review Sustainability Progress, Share Ideas for the Future
…successful sustainability programs in place, the meeting represented the first time these groups have come together to discuss cross-sector sustainability-related challenges. A diverse array of California’s top agricultural products were…
Almond Update: Almond Sustainability Tour
…almond industry continues to improve sustainability. Sabrina Hill reports. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Almond Update: Almond Sustainability Tour Key points included the fact that almonds use less than 8 percent…
Healthy Soils Initiative: A Foundation for Agricultural Sustainability and Climate Change Resilience
Ask a shopper where their food comes from, and the answer might be “the supermarket” or “the farmers’ market,” or maybe even “a farm” or “a farmer.” Those are all…
Company Helping Organizations Gauge Sustainability
…with sustainability standards. Gauging Sustainability Sustainability Senior Associate Andrew Arnold says SureHarvest designs a survey program for companies, and then takes that data-collecting program and introduces it to the growers…
NCBA Urges Secretaries to Reject Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Flawed Recommendations
…sustainability and beef is an ideal protein for a healthy diet, but those are separate conversations. The topic of sustainability is outside the scope of the Dietary Guidelines and we…