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Governor Brown’s Budget: Roundup on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate...
Last week Governor Jerry Brown released his budget for 2013-4. California faced stiff budget cuts in recent years as the state grappled with multi-billion dollar deficits in a recession racked economy....
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New Bill Introduced to Protect Farmland
CalCAN is a proud co-sponsor of a bill introduced on Feb. 19th by Assembly Agriculture Chair Susan Talamantes Eggman — the Sustainable Farmland Strategy Act (AB 1961). The bill recognizes the...
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Final Cap-and-Trade Budget Includes Climate-Friendly Farming
After months of speculation and debate, Governor Brown and California’s legislature have agreed on how to allocate a total of $872 million in cap-and-trade auction proceeds as part of the state’s FY...
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Prime Farmland Lost to Land Idling, Habitat Conversion, Urbanization
With California’s final cap-and-trade budget including funding for agricultural land conservation, it is increasingly important to understand the dynamics of farmland trends in the state. The more we...
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Governor’s Budget Includes Modest Investments in Climate-Friendly Farming
Governor Brown kicked off his historical fourth term in office with an inaugural address that included an ambitious climate protection agenda. We were pleased to hear him call for agricultural climate...
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California Launches Program to Protect Farmland & Climate
Applause erupted yesterday in response to the unanimous vote of the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) to launch California’s trailblazing Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program. More...
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Growing Solutions: Recommendations to Governor Brown
A group of farmers and sustainable agriculture groups are calling on Governor Jerry Brown to look to California farms and ranches as he plans for aggressive action on climate change during his fourth...
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New CalCAN Fact Sheet Details Climate Solutions in California Agriculture
CalCAN recently unveiled a new fact sheet on Climate Solutions in California Agriculture, which carefully catalogues and describes the scientific basis for pursuing climate-friendly agricultural...
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State Bill to Launch California Climate & Agriculture Program
CalCAN is excited to announce our leadership in a newly introduced state bill called the Agriculture Climate Benefits Act, or SB 367. The bill was introduced by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Yolo County), and...
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USDA Launches New Climate Incentives Initiative
On April 23, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the USDA’s new climate change initiative, which will incentivize agricultural producers to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increase...
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California Looks to Dig Deeper on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2030 Targets...
Governor Jerry Brown dropped by unannounced to a recent public workshop in Sacramento, where he gave a forceful speech on the enormity of the climate challenge and the collective willpower needed to...
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Conserving farms is good investment
The following opinion piece was printed in the Sac Bee on Oct. 14, 2015. It was written by Rich Rominger, a Yolo County farmer, a former state secretary of food and agriculture and a former deputy...
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Council Considers New Funding, Changes to Farmland Conservation Program
The Strategic Growth Council met this week to review new draft guidelines for California’s groundbreaking Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) program. There was plenty of good news for...
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Climate Change and Farmland Conservation Program Gets Big Boost
Council Votes to Expand Funding, New Program Guidelines This week, the state of California greatly expanded funding for the country’s first climate change and farmland conservation program. The...
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Partner Profile: American Farmland Trust
In 2015, California launched a trailblazing Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALCP), the first program in the country that invests in farmland conservation for its climate benefits....
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Sustainable Ag Lands Conservation Program Draft Guidelines Released
The Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and the Department of Conservation (DOC) recently released the draft program guidelines for the third round of funding for the Sustainable Agricultural Lands...
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Strategic Growth Council Re-Commits to Funding At-Risk Farmland Conservation
The Strategic Growth Council (SGC) yesterday voted unanimously to approve the 2017 program guidelines for the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC), thereby ensuring that ten...
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Farmland Conservation Gets Boost with Passage of SB 732
The California legislature took an important step to conserve farmland last week by passing Senate Bill 732 by Senator Henry Stern (D-Canoga Park). SB 732 responds to the alarming loss of farmland in...
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Farmland Conservation: New Awards Give Ag Climate Strategy a Boost
The Strategic Growth Council recently approved nearly $34 million in new grants for the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALCP). SALCP is one a suite of Climate Smart Agriculture...
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Application Released for New Climate Adaptation Grant Program
The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) is currently accepting pre-applications for their new Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program through May 18, 2018. The program will fund conservation easements...
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