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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 Continue reading California Charts a More Sustainable Course for Agriculture Before I came to American Farmland Trust, I was the Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One of my primary efforts at EPA was to start the first-ever agricultural advisory committee for the agency so that they might advise the agency on how environmental policy issues affect Continue reading Farmers and Environmentalists: Working Toward Mutual Understanding Way to go, Pennsylvanians! In 2009, Pennsylvania’s commonwealth and county governments invested $50 million in farmland protection. With that kind of help, Pennsylvania and its residents were able to preserve over 21,500 acres of farmland on 232 farms. That brings the state’s all-time total to 425,000 acres of protected farmland – more than any other Continue reading Pennsylvania Farmland Protection Hits Big Milestones |
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