A New Vision for California Agriculture

As a California rancher, I know first hand the innumerable challenges facing individual producers and the California agricultural industry: water, regulations, labor, invasive species, urbanization, environmental quality, energy and climate change, to name a few.  Alone, each of these challenges is intimidating – together, the list seems downright daunting!  But as our nation’s leading farm

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California Charts a More Sustainable Course for Agriculture

Water shortages. Urbanization. Food Access. Cumbersome regulations. The list of challenges we face in ensuring a healthy future for farmers, their farms, and our food system in California goes on and on.  That is why the California State Board of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) embarked on the California Agricultural Vision (Ag Vision) — “a process

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