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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 Continue reading A New Vision for California Agriculture A recent article in the Omaha World Herald, “Food Demand Drives Farmland Prices,” brings into focus the fragility of what to many is our nation’s limitless agricultural land base. In the article, J.B.Penn, chief economist for farm equipment maker Deere & Co., notes with the world population expected to grow by 50 percent by 2050, Continue reading 30 Years and Counting… There was a time when talking about the actual growing of food as a reason to protect farmland from sprawling development garnered little attention. To be sure it was always on the list, but values such as wildlife habitat, scenic views, open space and cultural heritage often energized support for protecting farmland much more than Continue reading Farmland and Food: Re-Connected |
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