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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Ahead of releasing his revised budget proposal, Newsom teased out new spending for flood protection and response and nudged up drought relief for businesses supporting farmers.
The Newsom administration championed $75 million in drought relief to keep small agricultural businesses afloat. Yet the emergency assistance will not make it to those in need until at least summer.
The impacts of salt and nitrate pollution are costing the state at least $3 billion per year and taking ag land out of production, with salts impacting the valley for decades to come.
With 95 percent of California’s Central Valley wetlands lost over the last century to urbanization and highly productive agriculture, researchers warn that the area’s once prolific native salmon could disappear within 50 years.
