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While policy falls short, California farmers brace themselves against wildfire

11/06/24 7:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

A new policy brief from the University of California Cooperative Extension explores how statewide producers could better benefit from farm bill programs as wildfires continue to ravage agricultural land.

Farm Hands West: Merrill steps down from CalCAN

06/29/22 8:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Jeanne Merrill is stepping down from the California Climate and Agriculture Network where she was the founding policy director.

Rivas pitches a $3B bond for conservation ag and food assistance

03/17/21 8:00 AM By Brad Hooker

Assembly Ag Chair Robert Rivas has a bill that would put a $3.1 billion food and ag bond on the November 2022 ballot.

Daybreak: CalCAN issues progress report on Healthy Soils

12/03/20 10:19 AM By Brad Hooker

Soil health could save water * Benefits to recharging water on fallowed land * Hill leadership taking shape for ag * Gaping hole looms in farm income * More ag scientists needed

Assembly advances proposal for cutting ag’s climate footprint

05/14/20 8:04 AM By Brad Hooker

AB 2954 proposes a pathway for including natural and working lands within the next scoping plan for California’s AB 32 climate goals.

In 2020 budget, Newsom strays from Brown on ag and climate policies

01/14/20 4:19 PM By Brad Hooker

The draft further broadens the governor’s growing list of environmental priorities through a new $12-billion “Climate Budget.”

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11.01.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 1, 2024: WFP Laureate Cary Fowler at Borlaug Dialogue

2024 World Food Prize laureates Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin were honored for their life work protecting crop biodiversity at the Borlaug International Dialogue. We asked Fowler about the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Then, Jim Snee, CEO of Hormel, and his wife Tammy discuss Hormel’s Hometown Food Security Project, and Manuel Otero, IICA director general, spoke on farmers’ challenges to adopt new technology.

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