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These grants are part of the CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program, which is comprised of two award categories: 1) The Incentives Program, providing financial assistance for implementation of conservation management that improves soil health, sequesters carbon and reduces GHG emissions; and 2) Demonstration Projects, showcasing California farmers’ and ranchers’ implementation of healthy soil practices that also sequester carbon and reduce GHGs.
Three public stakeholder meetings are scheduled for September 2019 to provide updates on the program and to receive comments and suggestions for the next round of funding.
These meetings will be held on the dates and locations provided below. Each meeting will include a webinar component to allow remote attendance and participation.
For more information, visit https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
Meeting dates, locations and registration details:
Sept. 23 – Orland
10 a.m. – noon
Glenn County Farm Bureau
831 Fifth St., Orland
Webinar registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3667128965487965196
Sept. 24 – Fresno
1 – 3 p.m.
Fresno County Cooperative Extension Building (Inyo/Kern Meeting Room)
550 E. Shaw Avenue, Suite 210-B, Fresno
Webinar registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7907368070215434252
Sept. 25 – Sacramento
2 – 4 p.m.
California Department of Food and Agriculture (Auditorium)
1220 N St., Sacramento
Webinar registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3485505037742188556
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The Healthy Soils Program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities.
The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.
California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling and much more.
At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities and low-income households across California.
For more information, visit the California Climate Investments website at www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov.
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- Written by: Mendocino National Forest
Sealed bids will be opened at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Mendocino National Forest Supervisor’s office, 825 N. Humboldt Ave. in Willows.
The roadside salvage sale area burned in the 2018 Ranch fire.
The sale area is located approximately 55 miles southwest of Willows on the Grindstone Ranger District.
The total estimated quantity on this reoffer is 2,821 MBF.
Complete information concerning the timber, including the conditions of sale and submission of bids, is available to the public from the Supervisor’s Office and on the forest website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/resourcedetail/mendocino/landmanagement/?cid=FSEPRD649155 .
Interested individuals may contact Forester Jason Cushman for more information, 530-828-0230.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara partnered on SB 570, which changes the sunset deadline for the California Low Cost Auto Insurance Program to Jan. 1, 2025.
In addition, the bill aligns statute with current practice to allow eligible emancipated 16 and 17 year olds to access the program.
“The Low Cost Auto Insurance program has helped low-income consumers get and maintain insurance coverage for 20 years,” Sen. Rubio said. “I am proud to have worked with Commissioner Lara to extend the program so that it remains an option for our most vulnerable communities and expands access to eligible young people and students.”
“Over the past 20 years, thousands of Californians have signed up for low-cost automobile insurance to protect themselves and their families,” said Commissioner Lara. “Thank you to Senator Rubio for expanding this important program to include more students and young people and to Governor Newsom for extending it for another five years.”
The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program was established in 1999 and is administered by the California Department of Insurance to provide income-eligible consumers with liability insurance protection at affordable rates.
Nearly 20,000 drivers are currently enrolled in the program, and the program has served over 150,000 consumers since its inception. Many vulnerable consumers depend on it for coverage so that they may go to work or drive children to school. Without the program, many of these consumers will be unable to obtain insurance and lawfully drive their vehicles.
For more information about the California Low Cost Auto Program, visit https://www.mylowcostauto.com.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
The event includes a farm tour on Oct. 28.
This conference brings together industry professionals and academic researchers to learn about and share the latest research and innovative management practices for fertilizing materials.
This year’s conference agenda includes information on nitrogen and irrigation management, as well as organic amendments, soil and salinity management, annual and perennial nutrient management practices, useful tools and more. A poster session will showcase ongoing research projects across California.
Early registration for the conference is $190 for both days; currently enrolled students pay $120 for both days.
Late registration begins on Sept. 25, and fees are $220 for both days; students pay $130 for both days. Continuing education units for certified crop advisors and growers are being applied for the three days.
A farm tour highlighting efficient management practices will be held on October 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. Registration is an additional $25.
The tour will depart from DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Fresno, and attendees will visit a diversified Southeast Asian vegetable farm and one of Fowler Packing’s table grape vineyards.
The tour will focus on the farms’ efforts to implement best practices for nutrient and irrigation management.
To view the agenda, register online and view the call for posters, visit the conference Website at www.cdfa.ca.gov/go/FREPConference . For more information, please contact program staff at
Over the past 27 years, FREP has funded more than 240 research projects focusing on nutrient and irrigation management in California cropping systems.
For more information, visit the database of completed and ongoing research projects at www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/Research.html.