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Lopes Family Farm Field Day: Integrated rice and duck farming

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On June 29th, Lopes Family Farms hosted a field day with Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) in Princeton, CA focused on rice and duck farming, a Biologically Integrated Farming System (BIFS).

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Critical Investments for Our Small Family Farmers

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CAFF is seeking legislative support for approximately $60 million in one-time investments aimed at addressing the urgent need to ensure the ongoing viability of California’s small farmers, particularly those who have been historically underserved, and who are striving to farm sustainably.

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BIFS Field Day: Cover Cropping and Livestock Grazing for Regenerative Viticulture

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We’re starting a pilot vineyard that is going to focus on stacking all those principles on 20 acres of a regenerative vineyard, with the goal to have that grow. Kendra continued to expound on Project Terra: “I mean, we’ve tried cover crops since 1993 and we’re still doing it, which blows my mind.

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From Civil Rights to Food Justice, Jim Embry Reflects on a Life of Creative Resistance

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SCN works with nonprofits and schools in the region to integrate farming and food production into their work and advocates for local policy that supports school gardens, urban farms, and community gardens and helps get fresh produce to food insecure residents.

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Gov. Signs Historic Budget: Success for Family Farmers in the Capitol!

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Still work to be done: During an Assembly Ag hearing on the drought last month, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (AD-04, Winters) who runs an 80-acre farm with her brothers, said, “If you’re a big corporation, you have a lot of other assets.

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CAFF’s 2022 Policy Priorities

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We will advocate for investments in TA and programs like Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) that provide appropriate farmer to farmer programs on how to best manage pests more sustainably.

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Family Farmers Return from State Capitol with High Hopes

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Approximately 80% of California farmers operate on less than 180 acres and/or have less than $100,000 in annual sales and 1 in 5 of California’s agricultural producers are socially disadvantaged. 10 million to support existing and develop new small-farm tool libraries so farmers can easily rent or borrow high-value tools.

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