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Our Team

Staff:

Renata Brillinger
Executive Director
renata@calclimateag.org
(707) 823-8278
Jeanne Merrill
Policy Director
jmerrill@calclimateag.org
(916) 441-4042

Interns 2011:
Adam Kotin  •  adam@calclimateag.org (Summer)
Adria Arko  •  adria@calclimateag.org (Summer)
Elena Idell  •  elena@calclimateag.org (Fall)

Executive Committee Members:

  • Brise Tencer, California Certified Organic Farmers
  • Dave Runsten, Community Alliance with Family Farmers
  • Ken Dickerson, Ecological Farming Association
  • Dave Henson, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
  • Rebecca Spector, The Center for Food Safety

Farmer Advisory Council:

  • Bruce Rominger, Rominger Brothers Farm (Yolo County  tomatoes, rice, alfalfa, wheat, wine grapes)
  • Craig McNamara, Sierra Orchard (Yolo County organic walnuts)
  • David Gates, Ridge Vineyards (Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Napa County wine grapes)
  • George Davis, Porter Creek Vineyard (Sonoma County wine grapes)
  • Jim Cochran, Swanton Berry Farm (Santa Cruz berries)
  • Joe Morris, Morris Grassfed Beef (San Benito County beef)
  • John Anderson, Hedgerow Farms (Yolo County native grasses)
  • Jon-Mark Chappellet, Chappellet Vineyards (wine grapes, Napa)
  • Judith Redmond, Full Belly Farm (Yolo County organic row crops, nuts, fruit)
  • Russ Lester, Dixon Ridge Farms (Yolo County organic walnuts)
  • Rosie and Ward Burroughs, Burroughs Family Farm (Stanislaus County organic dairy and artisan cheese)

Science & Technical Advisory Council:

  • Ann Thrupp — Manager of Sustainability & Organic Development, Fetzer/Bonterra
  • Cynthia Daley — Professor and Director of the Organic Dairy Program/University Farm, College of Agriculture, Chico State University
  • Hunter Francis — Director, CAFES Center for Sustainability, California Polytechnic State University
  • Johan Six — Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
  • Karen Buhr — Executive Director, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
  • Rex Dufour — Program Specialist, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  • Sonja Brodt — Academic Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
  • Tom Tomich — Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute
  • Valerie Eviner — Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Investing in Sustainable Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change

This year, California’s long-anticipated cap-and-trade program goes into effect. The ground was laid for the program in 2006 when Governor Schwarzenegger signed into …
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“Agricultural soils can be efficiently exploited as carbon sinks with a variety of techniques, such as reduced tillage, cover cropping and organic systems with better manure management.”

— California Agriculture.  Realistic payments could encourage farmers to adopt practices that sequester carbon. April-June 2009

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