Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture is celebrating its 100thanniversary as a state agency in 2019. Throughout the year this blog will feature a number of items to commemorate this milestone.

Sacramento, California -  The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has selected 217 projects for award, totaling approximately $12.48 million in grant requests, through its Healthy Soils Program. This program encourages farmers and ranchers to implement practices that reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases, sequesters carbon in soils and improves soil health.

Sacramento, California - California dairy and livestock operations play a significant role in mitigating and preventing climate change and are doing their part to champion sustainable practices.

Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom will give opening remarks at the California for All Emergency Management Preparedness Summit tomorrow in Sacramento. The Summit, hosted by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), is a call to action for emergency managers and first responders across all jurisdictions and disciplines to collectively plan and prepare for large-scale disasters, including new ways to integrate a whole-community approach to emergency management.

Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom Monday announced the following appointment:

Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order to further assist communities across the state recovering from devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018. The order extends the state’s prohibition on price gouging for counties recovering from numerous fires, including the Mendocino Complex, Carr, Tubbs, Nuns, Atlas and Thomas fires.