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California launches first dairy digester pipeline cluster

October 26, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

California is proud to announce the state’s first dairy digester pipeline cluster. CDFA Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt was on-hand this week for the launch of Calgren Renewable Fuels’ new facility, which partners with local dairies in the Pixley, California area. Eleven digesters, 22 miles of pipeline and 75,000 cows contribute to this interconnected system, which will collectively reduce an estimated of 1,867,651 metric …

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New Partnership with UC advances Climate Smart Agriculture in California

October 26, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross and University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Vice President Glenda Humiston signed a memorandum of understanding this morning at Sacramento’s Stanford Mansion to initiate a new partnership to advance Climate Smart Agriculture in California. This partnership, funded by California Climate Investments dollars through the Strategic Growth Council (SGC), will provide $1.1 million to fund 10 …

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Denmark inspires US delegation with biogas energy innovation

October 3, 2018   Jay Van Rein, CDFA Office of Public Affairs

By Geetika Joshi, PhD I was honored to represent CDFA last week in Denmark as part of a US delegation sent to learn about he use of biogas as a renewable energy source. I joined a contingent of 14 people from all over the US, and we traveled to a number of cities to study successful digester projects generating biogas and utilizing …

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Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers – from CALmatters

October 2, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

By Alistair Bland / CALmatters Loren Poncia’s idling pickup shudders in a powerful gust of afternoon wind in western Marin County. Inside the warm cab, he scans the sun-browned hills through his binoculars, counting his grazing cows. Poncia raises beef cattle. As he sees it, though, what he is really doing is raising soil. “I’m growing grass to feed to my …

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Secretary Ross, Senator Lara help unveil revamped digester facility at Open Sky Ranch Dairy

October 1, 2018   Office of Public Affairs
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Video: Lessons & Leadership at the “Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture” Event

September 20, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

A look back at the “Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture” event hosted by CDFA in Sonoma County Sept. 11-12, held in conjunction with the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco Sept. 12-14. The Global Climate Action Summit brought leaders and people together from around the world to “Take Ambition to the Next Level.” It was also an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of …

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Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture: a “California Conversation” brings leaders, innovators together

September 12, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

The Global Climate Action Summit is September 12-14 in San Francisco. The affiliated Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture Event in Sonoma County is connecting climate stakeholders including farmers and ranchers, multinational corporations, foreign governments and non-governmental organizations to further the role of agriculture in climate discussions.

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Climate Smart Agriculture and California’s Healthy Soils Initiative

September 12, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

The discussions underway at the Scaling-up Climate Smart Agriculture and Global Climate Action Summit events this week include the critical importance of healthy soils. California’s Healthy Soils Initiative is a collaboration of state agencies and departments, led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, to promote the development of healthy soils. A combination of innovative farm and land management practices contribute to building adequate …

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Summer interns contribute to key projects at CDFA

August 31, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

In a few short weeks, CDFA will host the Scaling Up Climate Smart Agriculture forum which will bring together farmers and ranchers, international partners and climate stakeholders to discuss the important role agriculture plays in climate discussions. This event, part of the Global Climate Action Summit, would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of CDFA’s Executive …

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Carbon Farming coming to Central Coast – from The Bottom Line

June 1, 2018   Office of Public Affairs

Note – The Bottom Line is the student newspaper at UC Santa Barbara.  By Tanner Walker Carbon ranching is coming to Santa Barbara County, but farmers aren’t growing carbon — they’re putting it back into the ground. With the help of compost and cattle, native grasses can sequester organic carbon, enriching the soil and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. …

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