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The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be discussing recent drought actions and hear about proposed programs to assist farmers and ranchers at its meeting next week.
The board will hear from state officials and agricultural stakeholders on drought response as well as proposed funding to further sustainable agriculture as part of the Governor’s proposed $100 billion California Comeback Plan.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. via GoToWebinar.
“The Governor has proposed a $5.1 billion comprehensive drought and water infrastructure package, ” said state Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. “This funding will improve our state’s overall water resilience, invest in drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, and provide for multi-benefit land repurposing among a number of other investments.
Farmers in California destroying own crops because there s not enough water to keep them alive
By: Stephanie Stone, Scripps National Correspondent
Posted at 4:25 PM, May 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-20 21:18:04-04
It s a problem that s affecting many farmers. Eventually, a lack of water and fallowed crops will be a problem that impacts what produce you ll find at your grocery store.
Standing in the very field he just destroyed, Joe Del Bosque said it was a painful decision to make. The crop in that video is asparagus is right here behind me. It is organic asparagus, and it was six years old, and asparagus here lives to 9 or 10 years old.
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