Agriculture

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Kelp is the fastest growing aquaculture sector in California

The Coastal Commission has approved and amended dozens of permits for aquaculture operations, including seven seaweed farms.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 4, 2022

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Comparative stats of ag and water use strikes a nerve

Making a comparison as a measure of the worth for agriculture in California is one-dimensional, inequitable and short-sighted.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 3, 2022

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Lift prohibition on new kelp farms off California’s coast

Despite the demand for giant kelp, an environmentally friendly product, California prohibits new seaweed cultivation projects.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 20, 2022

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Big Ag’s priority is profit, not feeding the world

Water is a public resource that’s vital to ecosystem and community health, and Big Ag should be regulated to ensure its usage is efficient.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 7, 2022

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The importance of California’s agricultural water supplies

We cannot accommodate serious discussion on the demand side of water questions without working on the supply side.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 3, 2022

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Why California’s congressional delegation must lead on infrastructure bill

The bill would help promote drought resiliency, adjust to climate change and keep California’s food supply safe.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 21, 2021

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Water markets can help bring California’s groundwater into balance

Water banking and trading are essential tools for managing the state’s groundwater, and we urgently need to make them work better.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 20, 2021

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State’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions harmful to farmers

Unfortunately, California’s approach to setting mandates to cut greenhouse gas emissions has left agriculture to become collateral damage.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 8, 2021

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Farmworkers deserve the right to vote by mail in union elections

AB 616 will go a long way toward ensuring that farmworkers can decide, by free and fair elections, whether they wish to join a union.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 2, 2021

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To house the homeless, California must re-imagine housing

State and local governments must change housing law and zoning rules to move toward permanently housing unsheltered Californians.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 27, 2021