Row-Crop Farming and Climate Change: What the Future Holds
In December, the public was invited to participate in a forum with leading policy-makers, regulators and scientists about the influence of California's historic climate change legislation on agriculture - and what opportunities and barriers exist for your business.
This free conference, "Row-Crop Farming and Climate Change: What the Future Holds," was hosted by the California Farm Bureau Federation, California Agricultural Technology Institute, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Sustainable Conservation at California State University, Fresno.
Sustainable Conservation is pleased to provide the following information about the conference, background about the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (also known as Assembly Bill, AB, 32), and opportunities for row-crop farming in California.
- Conference Agenda
- Report - California Agriculture and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Profitability
Speakers and Conference Presentations
- Gary Banuelos, Plant/Soil Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
- Robert Bell, Executive Director, California Association of Wheat Growers
- Cynthia Cory, Director of Environmental Affairs, California Farm Bureau Federation
- Allen Dusault, Sustainable Agriculture Program Director, Sustainable Conservation
- Roger Isom, Vice President & Director of Technical Services, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations
- Greg Johnson, Leader, Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Technology Development Team at the USDA-NRCS
- Charles Krauter, Professor of Soil and Water Science, California State University, Fresno
- Jeff Mitchell (part 1, part 2), Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California, Davis
- Carl Morris, General Manager/COO, Joseph Gallo Farms
- Steve Shaffer, Director of the Office of Agriculture and Environmental Stewardship, California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Dale Shimp, Manager of the Environmental Justice and Special Projects Section, California Air Resources Board
- James Tischer, California Water Institute Program Manager, California State University, Fresno
