Articles Tagged with ''CDFA''

Some 33 urban agriculture projects have been awarded $11.7 million by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm to Fork.

The California Water Resources Control Board said it still needs more than 40% of the required water usage reports that were due at the beginning of the month.

California’s Farm to School Program is opening up a new market for certain growers and supports locally sourced ,nutritious meals—but growing pains have started to show.

Agriculture groups and state-level agencies are calling on the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to give rendering a greater role in their proposed strategy for reducing food loss and waste.

An advisory board to guide CDFA on the Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program has an opening that the department hopes to fill sometime next year.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has allocated more than $500,000 in the sixth funding cycle of the Proactive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Solutions grant program.

CDFA has announced a grant to the Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES), which will be used to support a new pest management approach.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, alongside the State Board of Food and Agriculture, is initiating the first of five public listening sessions to help define the term “regenerative agriculture" and also announced $35 million to support greenhouse gas reductions for dairy and livestock operations.

CDFA's Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation recently declared the allocation of over $1.142 million in grants for demonstration projects within its Healthy Soils Program.

In the newest development in a series of fruit fly invasions, fruits and vegetables in portions of Ventura and Los Angeles counties are under quarantine.