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Farmer Fridays: Hedgerows for Biodiversity and Sustainability

Hedgerows are plantings of diverse shrubs, trees or other native plants along field and fence rows or other non-cropped areas on farms or on grazing land. Established hedgerows increase on-farm biodiversity while enriching long-term sustainability and economic viability of agricultural

Soil Health Initiatives Across the Country

The National Healthy Soils Policy Network (the Network) is a group of farmer-centered organizations that advocate for state policies on behalf of sustainable, organic, beginning, minority and/or family farmers. Since CalCAN launched it in 2018, the Network has steadily grown

Climate Smart Agriculture Programs in the News in 2020

Sustained coverage throughout 2020 of California’s suite of Climate Smart Agriculture programs demonstrates that interest and demand for these programs continues to grow, even as future program funding is in jeopardy due to a constrained budget and other financial impacts

A picture is worth 1,000 thank you’s

In a year that brought so many challenges and losses, at CalCAN we are grateful and privileged to continue advancing policies that unleash powerful agricultural solutions to climate change. The work continues because of you—farmer and rancher leaders, policymakers and

Farmer Fridays: Ranchers and Dairies Investing in Soil Health

There has been a great deal of attention on the power of grazing for wildfire prevention as California is in peak wildfire season. Using prescribed or managed grazing practices, the grasslands, oak savannas and dairy pastures where California livestock roam

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