Eighty California farmers are engaged in a state-funded effort to boost carbon concentrations in the soil—a promising way to combat...
Panel discusses how regulation of cannabis cultivation in California is working so far and the challenges facing communities on the front lines of the ‘green rush’ In the fall of 2016, voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized the adult use...
An interview with Christina Beckstead, Executive Director, Madera County Farm Bureau Christina Beckstead is executive director of Madera County Farm...
Dan Keppen is Executive Director of the Farm Family Alliance, a non-profit association that acts as an advocate for family...
How will sustainable groundwater management play out on the ground? Will land be fallowed? Can yields be somehow increased to make up for lost production? Panel of growers give their perspectives The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act requires the creation of...
Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers is an ecosystem ecologist specializing in wetlands. As an ecosystems ecologist, she works across a broad spectrum...
Officials discuss drought, regulations, technology, and the future of California agriculture Over the past several decades, Israel had made large...
State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus and Israeli Water Authority Senior Deputy Director Tamar Shor discuss water management in California and Israel On January 12,2014, Governor Jerry Brown declared the drought state of emergency, calling on all Californians to conserve...
Dr. Tapan Pathak looks at how climate variability, increasing temperatures, and changing precipitation could affect California agriculture In this presentation,...
Dr. Glenda Humiston shares her vision for how California can generate additional water and have a thriving agricultural economy at...
Dr. Thomas Harter on the importance groundwater – a critical source of drinking water and drought insurance for 40% of our planet’s agriculture Dr. Thomas Harter, Robert M. Hagan Endowed Chair in Water Management and Policy at the University of...
From the Pacific Institute: “California’s agriculture sector has exceeded expectations during the most severe drought in recorded history at the...
From the UC Davis Newsroom: The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 percent more workers...
Mike Wade with the California Farm Water Coalition refutes the recent report on retiring San Joaquin Valley farmland Guest commentary written by Mike Wade Earlier this week, Food and Water Watch along with partners Restore the Delta and the California...