Monthly Archives: June 2019

Statement from CDFA secretary Karen Ross: “It was a pleasure to meet with the California Cut Flower Commission board of directors recently.  There is not shortage of challenges facing flower growers and I always learn a lot from our discussions.  “They have been blessed with outstanding leadership from their CEO Kasey Cronquist.  He is a creative, effective and passionate Ambassador …

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By CDFA Secretary Karen Ross An interesting “first” for me, participating in the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. After arriving in Bonn on Saturday, I gave a brief presentation to a meeting of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, with representatives from a great cross-section of countries promoting climate smart ag practices by farmers and ranchers. We …

News release from the California Natural Resources Agency State agencies are asking Californians to help shape a roadmap for meeting future water needs and ensuring environmental and economic resilience through the 21st century. The effort seeks to broaden California’s approach on water in the face of a range of existing challenges, including unsafe drinking water, major flood risks that threaten …

By Ashley Nickle Jeff Huckaby, president of Bakersfield, Calif.-based Grimmway Farms (and member of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture), received The Packer’s Produce Man of the Year award June 10 at the United Fresh Produce Association conference and expo. “Jeff is just a tremendous choice for the Packer award this year,” said United Fresh president Tom Stenzel. …

The food systems of the future must deliver healthy and quality food for all whilst preserving the environment, FAO (Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations) Director-General José Graziano da Silva said as he called for a transformation of food systems to improve people’s diets. Graziano da Silva spoke at the opening of the international symposium The Future of Food (10-11 …

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a state agency in 2019. Throughout the year this blog will feature a number of items to commemorate this milestone. Today we continue with the Centennial Reflections video series, featuring CDFA employees remembering their histories, and the agency’s.

By Caron Golden On Saturday, June 8, chefs, farmers and community members will gather at Encinitas’ Farm Lab for its first “Green Feast.” It’s to be a celebratory meal to raise funds for this unique agricultural laboratory that educates local kids in science centered around nutrition and the environment. The Farm Lab is a project of the Encinitas Unified School …