ATTRA

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced that it is awarding $3 million for three projects through the Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) grant program. The third project seeks to reduce pyrethroid insecticide use in nut orchards through watershed-wide use of pheromone mating disruption for key pests.

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Caff

APRIL 6, 2023

As a farmer-serving organization, we recognize the historic and lasting inequities in the California food and farming system. Currently our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming.

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

The acquisitions positioned Corteva as a global leader in the biologicals market, illustrating the company’s commitment to providing farmers with new tools for sustainable and integrated farming practices. The future availability of irrigation water for California growers has never been less certain.

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Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

On December 5th, the Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a field day at the LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyard in Acampo, CA. The surprisingly warm weather attracted a large crowd eager to discuss cover cropping and integrated sheep grazing. You may have to network with some other farmers and figure it out.

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Livestock Crop Farming Farming 52

Civil Eats

APRIL 30, 2024

Karen Spangler, the policy director for the National Farm to School Network , said the change has long been a priority for the group because it often hears how the shift will simplify the process for school nutrition directors while also making it possible for more farmers to get involved in the first place.

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