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Organic Plant Breeding for Climate Resilience
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing $2.3 million in funding for a unique collaboration in Oregon to conduct plant breeding focused on organic farming systems. The research will be done in...
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New USDA Guide Highlights Ecosystem Credit Trading Opportunities and Challenges
The USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service recently released a new guide, The Natural Resources Credit Trading Reference. The reference is intended for NRCS staff, policymakers, and others...
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Farm Bill 2012 Hearings Open As Next Year’s Budget Plans Emerge
A new chapter on Farm Bill 2012 opened Wednesday with the first in a series of hearings before the Senate Committee on Agriculture. The hearing focused on energy programs and rural economic...
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U.S. Senate Ag Panel Considers Conservation At Second Farm Bill Hearing
Family farmers joined program administrators and others yesterday in telling the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee that if you want to do some environmental good and help ensure a reliable food supply,...
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Higher Temperatures Bring Challenges to California’s Cherry Industry
Being new to California, I find myself always amazed by the impressive variety of fruits and veggies available in the supermarket produce section here everyday. However, a newly released documentary...
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USDA Report On Climate Change and Agriculture Promotes Sustainable...
On Feb. 4th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report titled “Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation,” concluding that a changing climate would pose...
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USDA Secretary Highlights Cover Crop and Climate Change Solutions
Reposted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) June 6th, 2013 Yesterday, speaking at the National Press Club, USDA Secretary Vilsack addressed the present and future challenges in...
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Federal Plans Begin to Address Climate Realities
Despite producing mixed results for sustainable agriculture interests, President Obama’s 2015 budget request is an encouraging sign that the federal government is getting serious about climate change,...
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Agriculture Census Shows Fewer Farms, More Organic Production
by Sharon Licht, CalCAN Policy Intern On May 2, the USDA released its most recent Census of Agriculture data. Every five years, the Census quantifies trends in U.S. farmer demographics, production...
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USDA Invests $21 Million in Water Conservation
Last month, the USDA announced its plan to invest an additional $21 million of Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds to support on-farm water conservation efforts in severely...
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Adaptation Efforts Take Shape in California as Governor Signs Bills
The California legislature closed out its session last month by approving a new effort to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by 2030. There was, understandably, a great...
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How Can Agriculture Address the Growing Economic and Environmental Pressures...
This is a re-posted blog from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. The devastating consequences of climate change threaten our natural resources, food security, and the productivity and...
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Trump Administration’s Inaugural Budget Request Guts Federal Food and...
We occasionally re-post blogs from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), of which CalCAN is a member. We work with NSAC staff and fellow member groups from around the country on issues...
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Path to the 2018 Farm Bill: Key Organic, Farmer Training, & Rural Business...
Written by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). Original post here. On October 1, 2012, nearly a dozen sustainable agriculture farm bill programs came to a screeching halt. These...
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What Farmers Need to Know About the USDA COVID-19 Aid Program
This blog is excerpted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), of which CalCAN is a member. NSAC advocates for federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems, natural...
View ArticleCombating the Climate Crisis Through Conservation
This blog is reposted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), of which CalCAN is a member. NSAC advocates for federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems, natural...
View ArticleMore Money Now Available to Farmers Impacted by the Pandemic
This blog is from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), of which CalCAN is a member. NSAC advocates for federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems, natural resources,...
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Deadline Approaching for Federal Conservation Program
Thanks to our friends at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), of which CalCAN is a member, for this information. The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) offers financial and...
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Conservation Reserve Program Signup Extended
This blog is from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), of which CalCAN is a member. NSAC advocates for federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems, natural resources,...
View ArticleRelease Cross-Post: Organizations Deplore Temporary Restraining Order...
On June 14, 2021, California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) became a signatory and supporter of a joint press release issued by the Rural Coalition, Intertribal Agriculture Council, and other...
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