{"id":780,"date":"2018-10-02T23:40:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calcanstaging.kinsta.cloud\/?page_id=780"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:24:13","slug":"investinginfarmers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/investinginfarmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in farmers and ranchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California farmers and ranchers can contribute powerful and unique climate solutions.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many California farmers and ranchers have embraced their role in responding to the climate crisis by shifting to practices that reduce <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gas emissions, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase carbon sinks and improve our air and water quality overall\u2014all while staying in the business of producing food and fiber. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate smart\u201d practices often also provide other health and environmental benefits such as water conservation, improved air and water quality, and enhanced wildlife habitat and biodiversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the most powerful strategies that growers are using to reduce on-farm emissions include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving soil health<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementing water use efficiency measures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasing biodiversity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shifting to manure management practices on livestock operations that reduce methane emissions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producing renewable energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conserving farmland to limit urban development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To invest in these agricultural strategies, California has launched a suite of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/climatesmartag\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate Smart Agriculture programs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that have the potential to transform the way we do the business of agriculture. Hundreds of millions of dollars has been invested in programs to save water and energy on farms, protect agricultural lands at risk of development, increase carbon sinks in our agricultural soils and reduce potent methane emissions from dairies and livestock operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While these early investments are an important start, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/agpolicyclimatesolutions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California must deepen these efforts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to succeed in transforming agriculture. Our long-term food security and environmental health depend on California prioritizing sustainable agricultural solutions to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is clear that California cannot achieve its 2030 climate change targets without transformative, sustainable agricultural solutions to greenhouse gas mitigation. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/agpolicyclimatesolutions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With sufficient resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, farmers and ranchers can deliver these unique solutions.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California farmers and ranchers can contribute powerful and unique climate solutions. 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