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		<title>Fresno Farm Bill Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressmen Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza, Central Valley Democrats, held a farm bill forum on April 28 in Fresno, California. This forum came on the heels of the Senate Agriculture Committee passing its 2012 Farm Bill out of committee and the House Agriculture Committee beginning its hearings on the bill. Without passage of a farm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Fight Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part history text, part socio-political commentary and part call to action, Dan Imhoff’s new book offers something for everyone from the seasoned agriculture advocate to the newcomer on the food systems scene. “Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill,” published just a couple of months ago by Dan’s company Watershed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Renewable Energy Projects Get a Boost</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California farmers and ranchers produce more renewable energy than their counterparts in any other state.  But until recently small-scale bioenergy projects in the state struggled to get connected to the grid.  These innovative projects include producing combined heat and power from processing waste such as nut shells, olive pits, wine grape pumice, onion skins and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change</title>
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		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/report-from-the-commission-on-sustainable-agriculture-and-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate & Ag Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Information]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Blog: Doreen Stabinsky is a Professor of Global Environmental Politics at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME. She is also a consultant and advisor on agriculture and climate change “On a planet with sufficient food for all, a billion people go hungry. Another billion over-consume, increasing risks from chronic diseases.” Last week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Path to the Farm Bill: Senator Harkin Introduces Rural Energy Investment Act</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/path-to-the-farm-bill-senator-harkin-introduces-rural-energy-investment-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reposted courtesy of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) March 30, 2012 http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/rural-energy-investment-act/ On Thursday, March 29, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Rural Energy Investment Act (S. 2270) which would reauthorize and provide mandatory funding for several programs in the Farm Bill’s Energy Title.  The bill would provide $1.285 billion in farm bill mandatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Report on Rural Energy for America Program Achievements</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/usda-report-on-rural-energy-for-america-program-achievements/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/usda-report-on-rural-energy-for-america-program-achievements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) March 22, 2012 http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/usda-reap-report/ This week, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack released a report entitled The Impact of the Rural Energy for America Program on Promoting Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The Report summarizes the energy efficiency and renewable energy projects funded by the Rural Energy for America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in Sustainable Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/investing-in-sustainable-agricultural-solutions-to-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/investing-in-sustainable-agricultural-solutions-to-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AB 32 Implementation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 law AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, the country’s most comprehensive climate protection policy. Under the law, California will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Small Farm Conference Draws Enthusiastic Growers to Valencia</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/california-small-farm-conference-draws-enthusiastic-growers-to-valencia/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/california-small-farm-conference-draws-enthusiastic-growers-to-valencia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Quaday</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate legislation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 400 small farm operators in California came together in southern California recently for the 25th annual California Small Farm Conference. The event provided attendees with opportunities to learn the ins and outs of developing successful and sustainable farm businesses. Bringing the next generation of growers into farming was an area of concern, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate Ag Panel Considers Conservation At Second Farm Bill Hearing</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/u-s-senate-ag-panel-considers-conservation-at-second-farm-bill-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/u-s-senate-ag-panel-considers-conservation-at-second-farm-bill-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Quaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Bill 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservation Programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family farmers joined program administrators and others yesterday in telling the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee that if you want to do some environmental good and help ensure a reliable food supply, make sure federal conservation programs are well-funded under Farm Bill 2012. Conservation was the focus of the ag panel’s second farm bill hearing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Bill 2012 Hearings Open As Next Year’s Budget Plans Emerge</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/farm-bill-2012-hearings-open-as-next-year%e2%80%99s-budget-plans-emerge/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/farm-bill-2012-hearings-open-as-next-year%e2%80%99s-budget-plans-emerge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Quaday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new chapter on Farm Bill 2012 opened Wednesday with the first in a series of hearings before the Senate Committee on Agriculture. The hearing focused on energy programs and rural economic development. It featured committee chair Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) observing that the farm bill is a jobs bill as she advocated for early [...]]]></description>
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