Caff

JUNE 16, 2022

With a third year of severe drought and another wildfire season already heating up, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) is relaunching its California Family Farmer Emergency Fund for farmers in crisis. After yet another historically dry winter, farmers across California now face dire shortages, from the reduction or even elimination of surface water allocations to fast-depleting groundwater as increasing demand–mostly from overpumping by larger farms–leaves the shallowest of wells com

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Agribusiness Blog

JUNE 14, 2022

The IRS announced late last week an update auto mileage rate for the remaining six months of 2022. Normally the IRS only announces the rate for a full year, however, in times of gasoline volitility, they will update it more quickly. Based on memory, this is the highest rate at 62.5 cents per mile up 4 cents. The medical mileage rate will also increase 4 cents to 22 cents per mile.

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Farming Farming 52

Caff

JUNE 16, 2022

Key Details: Location: San Francisco bay area , near Pescadero Acres in Production: 16 Main Crops: Fruit, vegetables, flowers Wildfire: CZU Complex in 2020 3rd Party Audit(s): USDA Harmonized GAP Certified Organic by National Organic Program: Yes Owners: Cristóbal, Cole, Verónica Brisa Ranch was started in 2018 by Cristóbal, Cole, Verónica – three friends that originally met at Pie Ranch in 2015.

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Caff

JUNE 15, 2022

In this episode we visit Stone’s Throw Farm, an organic vegetable and flower farm located in Colfax, California. We sat down with Bryanna Eisenhut, co-owner and operator of Stone’s Throw, to learn about her path to farming full-time and what it’s like to farm in the foothills of the Sierra’s. Bryanna also shares about the challenges and opportunities her family experienced while navigating the coronavirus pandemic and farming with young kids.

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Agribusiness Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Republican leaders released a plan on June 14 to supposedly help reduce inflation. The Middle-Class Savings and Investment plan has several proposals that would help save taxes for many farmers as follows: Raise the zero percent capital gains tax bracket from the current top of the old 15% tax bracket (about $42,000 for singles and $84,000 for couples) to the top of the current 22% tax bracket.

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Farming Farming 52