Articles Tagged with ''California Department of Food and Agriculture''

California citrus growers can get up to $200,000 for projects to help with climate resilience and long-term sustainability under a program made possible by a $5 million grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

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.

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.

Katie Little has joined the California League of Food Producers as the new director of government affairs and Daniel Mathieson has been tapped as the next president of the Americas for Driscoll’s.

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

Irrigation expert Atef Swelam has joined the staff at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) as the director of Kearney and West Side Research and Extension Centers.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has initiated the 2023 Livestock Enteric Methane Emission Reduction Research Program.

Grants to expand the development of urban agriculture in California are now open, giving interested applicants until mid-October to vie for $12 million in funding.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is giving interested parties until mid-September to submit proposals for manure management practices that might be considered in an upcoming calculation tool for two state programs.