Monthly Archives: January 2025

In working to “Drive the Next Generation of Talent and Tools”, CDFA is  launching an agricultural workforce survey to help determine employer needs within the specialty crop sector. Jobs and careers within agriculture are changing – adopting greater use of technology, evolving its practices, and requiring new skills from the agricultural workforce of today and tomorrow. To meet these evolving workforce needs, the …

CDFA is hosting public listening sessions February 6th and 7th to gather input on the development of a Climate Resilience Strategy for California Agriculture. CDFA’s vision document, California Ag Vision for 2030, establishes five key priorities for California agriculture to achieve success over the next decade. This Resilience Strategy has been created in response to priority #1, to “foster climate-smart, …

The wildfires this month in Southern California have resulted in an activation of emergency shelter resources to house displaced people and animals, and the state’s network of fairgrounds has stepped forward to assist.  The Antelope Valley Fairgrounds opened its RV park to people forced to flee the Eaton fire. More than 50 RVs and their occupants spent a number of …

News Release from Governor Newsom’s Office What you need to know: Governor Newsom continued his statewide California Jobs First tour today to outline a first-of-its-kind, bottom-up economic vision for California’s future, receiving the regional plan from local leaders in the North San Joaquin Valley. The Governor also previewed toplines of this year’s state budget — a balanced spending plan that makes …