Monthly Archives: January 2022

Governor Gavin Newsom’s California Blueprint, the proposed state budget for 2022-2023, will provide a number of meaningful opportunities for rural California, including agriculture.  “The investments in this budget are a huge boost for our rural communities as we continue our work for sustainable and resilient food systems and the development of Climate Smart Agriculture programs,” said CDFA secretary Karen Ross. “When we factor in …

Includes $1.5M for the California Climate Hub at UC Davis The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today a $9 million investment in new Cooperative Extension and USDA Climate Hubs partnerships to bolster climate research and connect and share climate-smart solutions directly with the agricultural community. “The Cooperative Extension system and the USDA Climate Hubs have unmatched capacity to reach agricultural, …

From a News release by the California Natural Resources Agency A new report released today conveys significant progress made in the past 18 months to implement the Water Resilience Portfolio, the Newsom Administration’s water policy blueprint to build climate resilience in the face of more extreme cycles of wet and dry. The report summarizes work done on each of 142 …

By Chris Scheuring, senior counsel for water policy at the California Farm Bureau Wendell Berry famously said that eating is an agricultural act. That makes all of us into farmers, and nowhere is that more true than in water terms.   For farming is irreducibly the process of mixing dirt, water and sunshine to bring forth from the ground what we need …

A letter from Secretaries Ross and Kim to the leading companies shipping to California ports We are writing to request that ocean carriers take full advantage of underutilized California ports, including the Port of Oakland, to ease congestion in the San Pedro Bay. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently made a similar …

CDFA’s Inspection Services Division has released its Annual Report for 2021 (Fiscal year ’20-’21). The report gives an overview of programs within the Inspection Services Division (ISD), as well as information about boards and committees; a fiscal year summary; and the mission, vision and goals of ISD employees. Pictures and statistics illustrate how programs fulfill the CDFA Strategic Plan goals …

From the Cal Poly web site Cal Poly universities’ Stargrazers float, which brought to life a scene from the classic Mother Goose rhyme “Hey diddle, diddle,” received the Animation Award at the 133rd Rose Parade, held New Year’s Day. The honor, announced two hours before the start of the parade, recognizes the most outstanding use of animation, said Regina Chapuis, …