California Climate & Agriculture Network
Recap from the Healthy Soils Science Workshop At CalCAN’s 7th California Climate & Agriculture Summit, we heard from a panel of three healthy soils experts moderated by Nina Ichikawa, Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute, in a packed workshop
New Report on Healthy Soils Program Demonstration Projects CalCAN is excited to release a progress report on the first four years of the Healthy Soils Program (HSP) Demonstration Projects administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). Our
We are pleased to share this guest blog by Aarij Bashir. Aarij is a recent graduate of the Master of Public Affairs program at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. This report was conducted as part of
Record Number of Healthy Soils Projects Funded in California This month, the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced the award of $66 million in Healthy Soils Program incentives grants to 940 projects. This unprecedented funding level for the program
The National Healthy Soils Policy Network is composed of organizations that advocate for state-level healthy soils policies with farmers and ranchers at the center. Since CalCAN originally convened this group in 2018, the Network grown significantly, in both scope and representation
Recently, Inside Climate News ran a story about how the application process for the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Healthy Soils Program Incentive grants has been leaving out smaller, diverse growers. Find some excerpts below and the full
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Funding is now available for farmers, ranchers and Tribes to adopt new healthy soils practices and update irrigation equipment. This year we saw record funding for two of the state’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs: $75 million for the Healthy Soils
Input Needed on Popular Climate Smart Agriculture Programs With the recent funding news for record investment in popular Climate Smart Agriculture programs, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is getting ready for the next application cycles. As part
Published December 2020 – California’s Healthy Soils Program (HSP) has the potential to transform California agriculture by incentivizing farmers and ranchers to transition to agricultural management practices that have a multitude of benefits to farms and society. Healthy soils practices improve
