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CalCAN Publications

Climate & Agriculture Policy

Platform Covers

October 2023 –
A Climate Platform for California Agriculture

– Part 1:
State of the State – Taking stock of a decade of climate progress in California agriculture

and Part 2:
Tools for Transformation – Cultivating climate resilience in 2030 and beyond

fact sheet

March 2022 –
Scaling up Agricultural Solutions to the Climate Crisis: California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs

USDA CCC Climate Resilience and Equity

October 2021 –
Using Commodity Credit Corporation Authority to Advance Agricultural Resilience, Equity & Climate Mitigation

Driving the Future Improving

May 2021
Driving the Future: Improving Electric Vehicle Adoption in Rural California

AbundantSolutions

Sept. 2018
Full report: Climate Threats, Abundant Solutions

Executive Summary

Blueprint

Mar. 2015
Full report: Blueprint for a California Program on Agriculture and Climate

Executive Summary

Growing-Solutions-Full-Report

Jan. 2015
Full report: Growing Solutions

Executive Summary

calcan

2012
A Sustainable Agriculture Perspective on the California Carbon Market

Governor-recommendations-Sept-2010_Final

Sept. 2010
California Agriculture in a Changing Climate

Agricultural Climate Impacts & Solutions

Cultivating-Resilience-August-2019

Aug. 2019
Cultivating Climate Resilience in Farming: Ensuring California Farms & Ranches Thrive in the Face of Climate Change

Climate-Change-Solutions-2018

Jan. 2019
Climate Change Solutions in California Agriculture

SAREP-report-FINAL-2018

Jan. 2018
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the 21st Century: Recommendations for UC SAREP

FarmingForSuccess

2012
Farming for Success in the 21st Century

Ready-Or-Not-Full-Report

Mar. 2011
Full report: Ready…Or Not? An Assessment of California Agriculture’s Readiness for Climate Change

Organic-Climate-Benefits-fact-sheet

Feb. 2011
Climate Benefits of Organic Agriculture

Farmland Conservation

fact sheet

March 2022
Scaling up Agricultural Solutions to the Climate Crisis: California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs: SALCP

CalCAN-Resilient-California-Web-front-page-

Dec. 2020
Resilient California: Economic recovery and climate resilience through smart growth strategies, a review of state programs

Opportunities-for-SALC-Sept-2015

Sept. 2015
Opportunities for Increased Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Farmland Conservation

Triple-Harvest-Full-Report

Feb. 2013
Triple Harvest: Farmland Conservation for Climate Protection, Smart Growth, and Food Security

Executive Summary

Healthy Soils

CA's Healthy Soils Program

November 2022
California’s Healthy Soils Program Demonstration Projects: A Progress Report

fact sheet

March 2022
Scaling up Agricultural Solutions to the Climate Crisis: California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs: HSP

Dec. 2020
The California Healthy Soils Program: A Progress Report

Livestock Methane

February 2026
Reassessing the Role of Alternative Manure Management in California’s Methane Reduction Strategy

fact sheet

March 2022
Scaling up Agricultural Solutions to the Climate Crisis: California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs: AMMP

Diversified-Strategies-for-Methane

Oct. 2015
Diversified Strategies for Reducing Methane Emissions from Dairy Operations

Renewable Energy

Shining-Brighter-NEMA-report

Nov. 2016
Shining Brighter: Farmer Perspectives on California’s Renewable Energy Program (NEMA Progress Report)

NEM-fact-sheet-June-2015

June 2015
On-Farm Clean Energy (Net Energy Metering Aggregation)

Water Stewardship

fact sheet

March 2022
Scaling up Agricultural Solutions to the Climate Crisis: California’s Climate Smart Agriculture Programs: SWEEP

SWEEP Policy Brief

Sept. 2018
Climate Smart: Saving Water and Energy on California Farms

Recommendations for California’s State Water Efficiency & Enhancement Program

SWEEP-Report-Rounds

May & Aug. 2016
California’s State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP): A Progress Report on Rounds 1-4