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RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE

including CalCAN advisors and partners

Families and farmers deserve priority in California’s climate future, San Joaquin Valley Sun | August 2025

“By investing in agriculture, we protect our access to affordable, nutritious food. We also ensure a viable future for the stewards of our working lands – a vital step to protect our water supply, restore our soils and biodiversity, and improve the livelihoods of farmworkers and rural Californians.

So, it’s alarming to see state leaders consider reauthorizing Cap-and-Trade in a way that prioritizes the oil and gas industry – California’s largest source of pollution – at the expense of hardworking families and farmers struggling with the climate crisis.” – Op-ed by Brian Shobe, CalCAN policy director.

The Future of California’s Climate-Smart Farming Programs, Civil Eats | May 2025

Despite these significant emissions, the climate-smart agricultural programs designed to reduce them receive just 5 percent of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) allocations. That imbalance, says Brian Shobe, policy director at the California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN), overlooks agriculture’s outsized potential to sequester carbon and build climate resistance: Healthy fields, pastures, and orchards enhance biodiversity, improve water retention, and help buffer farms against extreme weather.

California has a golden opportunity to fund climate smart agriculture, Op-ed, Sacramento Bee | April 2025

“The legislature has a once-in-a-decade opportunity this year to reallocate our state’s climate funding, arguably our last chance to get this formula right before the worst impacts of climate change take hold. I urge the legislature to commit 15% of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, on a continuous basis, to fund climate smart agriculture programs. Our state’s farmers and ranchers are ready to lead on climate action. Let’s have their backs.” – Liz Carlisle, CalCAN Advisor

Purge of federal support jolts agriculture, Agri-Pulse | February 2025

Several CalCAN Advisors quoted.

Newsom leans on climate bond to shore up ag and water spending in state budget, Agri-Pulse | January 2025

“Without Prop. 4, California’s food and farming systems would be facing another year of significant underinvestment,” said Brian Shobe, CalCAN policy director.