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	<title>California Climate &#38; Agriculture Network</title>
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	<description>Advancing policy solutions at the nexus of climate change and sustainable agriculture</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>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Bill 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured - Sidebar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sustainable agriculture]]></category>
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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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		<title>Ecofarm Conference is Call to Action</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/ecofarm-conference-is-call-to-action/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/ecofarm-conference-is-call-to-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Quaday</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farm Bill 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CalCAN's work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Climate Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on-farm energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on-farm renewable energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ecofarm Conference is always an energizing experience, but this year the currents of change seemed particularly electrifying. Maybe it was the weather, which was unusually warm and sunny along California’s Central Coast in early February. Maybe it was the impressive number of young people who have caught hold of the Ecofarm vision of farming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Truth to Power — CA Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Producers and Advocates in Washington, D.C.</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/speaking-truth-to-power-%e2%80%94-ca-organic-and-sustainable-agriculture-producers-and-advocates-in-washington-d-c/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/speaking-truth-to-power-%e2%80%94-ca-organic-and-sustainable-agriculture-producers-and-advocates-in-washington-d-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Bill 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beginning Farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a former crop insurance agent and current organic almond producer and processor from a long-time farm family in Fresno, Steve Koretoff spoke truth to power in a recent visit to Washington, D.C.   Mr. Koretoff joined six representatives of the California caucus of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) for meetings with congressional staff to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urge Your State Lawmakers to Support Sustainable Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/urge-your-state-lawmakers-to-support-sustainable-agricultural-solutions-to-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/urge-your-state-lawmakers-to-support-sustainable-agricultural-solutions-to-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AB 32 Implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate & Ag Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cap-and-trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB 237]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calclimateag.org/?p=2488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The California Legislature will soon take up the issue of how the state should allocate the fees generated through the implementation of the state’s climate change law, AB 32.  The legislature and the governor will debate how to expend fees generated from the first auctions held this year of cap and trade allowances (aka permits to emit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rangeland Conservation Group Impresses with Leadership &amp; Vision</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/rangeland-conservation-group-impresses-with-leadership-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/rangeland-conservation-group-impresses-with-leadership-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate & Ag Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmer Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impacts of Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystems services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ranching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rangeland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After attending the annual summit of the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition (CRCC) in Davis last week, I’m more impressed than ever with the group and their efforts. The long-term viability of California’s grazing lands — under siege in many ways — depends on the leadership, partnership and vision of the stakeholders in this coalition. CRCC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor’s Budget Notes Sustainable Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/governor%e2%80%99s-budget-notes-sustainable-agricultural-solutions-to-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/governor%e2%80%99s-budget-notes-sustainable-agricultural-solutions-to-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AB 32 Implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AB 32]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cap-and-trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable agriculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calclimateag.org/?p=2397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning this year, as part of the state’s new cap and trade program, the first permits to emit greenhouse gas emissions — otherwise known as “allowances” — will be distributed by the state. Despite recommendations to the California Air Resources Board from an outside advisory group of economists and policy experts that all allowances be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor’s Conference on Climate Risks Signals Need for Deeper Investment</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/governor%e2%80%99s-conference-on-climate-risks-signals-need-for-deeper-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/governor%e2%80%99s-conference-on-climate-risks-signals-need-for-deeper-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate & Ag Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impacts of Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AB 32]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricultural economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effects of climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB 237]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calclimateag.org/?p=2378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 was a year of extreme weather events in the United States: devastating floods along the Mississippi River, severe drought in the southwest, tornadoes and hurricanes with grave impacts.  Making the connections between a rise in extreme weather events and climate change was the focus of Governor Jerry Brown’s December conference on Extreme Climate Risks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crop Insurance Reform Must Reflect Climate Realities</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/crop-insurance-reform-must-reflect-climate-realities/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/crop-insurance-reform-must-reflect-climate-realities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Impacts of Climate Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calclimateag.org/?p=2355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some good reasons suggesting that we need to reevaluate federal crop insurance policies. First, the effects of climate change are already being felt by farmers across the country. The extreme weather events of 2011 throughout the United States — including severe floods and drought, and the related economic losses into the billions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Can Feed the World</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/organic-can-feed-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/organic-can-feed-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renata Brillinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Information]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calclimateag.org/?p=2321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This short blog entitled “Organic Can Feed the World” in The Atlantic by Barry Estabrook is a must read. Refreshingly, he puts the responsibility on conventional agriculture to prove how it can feed the world’s population: Given that the current food production system, which is really a 75-year-old experiment, leaves nearly one billion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New USDA Guide Highlights Ecosystem Credit Trading Opportunities and Challenges</title>
		<link>http://calclimateag.org/new-usda-guide-highlights-ecosystem-credit-trading-opportunities-and-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://calclimateag.org/new-usda-guide-highlights-ecosystem-credit-trading-opportunities-and-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanne Merrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate & Ag Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmer Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricultural economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Stewardship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRCS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on-farm energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on-farm renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USDA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://calclimateag.org/?p=2278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service recently released a new guide, The Natural Resources Credit Trading Reference.  The reference is intended for NRCS staff, policymakers, and others interested in the potential of the marketplace to incentivize conservation and ecosystem services from agriculture. The guide attempts to tackle the critiques of those who remain skeptical that [...]]]></description>
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