Monthly Archives: September 2018

CDFA Takes Action to the Next Level with ‘Scaling-Up Climate Smart Agriculture’ two-day event in Sonoma and Marin Counties

September 10, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

On September 11-12th CDFA will bring together state and local government leaders, businesses, and citizens from around the world to share innovative and transformative achievements related to climate health and food production. The Scaling-Up Climate Smart Agriculture event connects farmers and ranchers; multinational corporations; foreign governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to further the role that food and agriculture have in climate discussions. …

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Governor Brown Takes Action to Protect California’s Plants, Animals and Unique Biodiversity

September 10, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

  Just days before the world comes to San Francisco to collaborate on ways to protect the environment, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has signed an executive order to safeguard California’s unique plants, animals and ecosystems which are threatened by climate change. “The new reality of climate change requires a more thoughtful and systemic approach that considers the connections and …

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Considering the Global Climate Action Summit and its connection to the year 2020, an urgent milestone for the planet – from BrinkNews.com

September 7, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

Note – CDFA and its secretary, Karen Ross, will be participants at next week’s Global Climate Action Summit, where a number of key sustainability issues across multiple sectors will be addressed. Part of the agency’s involvement is hosting partner events in connection with the Summit. CDFA is committed to helping farmers and ranchers adapt to climate change through a series …

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Video – CDFA’s plant and pest scientists at work

September 6, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

At CDFA’s Plant Pest Diagnostics lab in South Sacramento, scientists work long hours identifying invasive species–pests and diseases–that threaten California’s environment and food supply. Examples of these would be exotic fruit flies as well as the Asian citrus psyllid and the disease it carries, huanglongbing, or citrus greening. This video produced by the California Association of Professional Scientists examines some …

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UC Davis has encouraging early research findings on cows, seaweed and methane – from the Associated Press via OCRegister.com

September 5, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

By Terrence Chea University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly. UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that’s released when cattle burp, pass gas or make manure. In a study this past …

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Meet the new apple boss: Gala – from The New York Times

September 4, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

By Niraj Chokshi, The New York Times After more than a half-century as America’s most-grown apple, the Red Delicious is on track to be ousted this year by a sweet, juicy, young upstart: the Gala. That’s according to the U.S. Apple Association, a trade group, which released its production forecast for 2018 last week. “It’s the beginning of the end,” …

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