- (Public Value) UCANR: Building climate-resilient communities and ecosystems
- Author: Ria DeBiase, UC Giannini Foundation
![A hand cups soybeans from a trailer of harvested soybeans in the field.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Green/blogfiles/107746small.png)
How policies affect emissions, land use, and the prices of fuel and vegetable oils
Over the last two decades, both the federal government and state governments have enacted policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. In a new Special Issue of ARE Update, University of California agricultural economists explore how these federal and state renewable fuel policies have affected biofuel production for motor and aviation fuels and consider how these policies have affected land use and food prices. Their research shows that as U.S. demand for...
/h3>- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
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Groundwater demand management in agricultural regions is the focus of a workshop that will be held June 17, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame.
Representatives of groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs), water districts, irrigation districts, government agencies, environmental justice organizations and the private sector and growers and researchers will discuss groundwater demand management from their own perspectives.
“Speakers will discuss policy development, stakeholder engagement and funding considerations for groundwater demand...
- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
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UCCE advisors will present webinars on May 21 and 28
Late spring rains have delayed California's fire season this year, which provides farmers and ranchers an opportunity to improve their wildfire preparedness. Barns, wood fencing, hay and other property commonly found on farms have inherent vulnerabilities to wildfire.
Fortunately, buildings and infrastructure can be hardened and maintained to reduce their vulnerability to fire and fire-related damage to agricultural resources. Having a plan in place to keep livestock safe and healthy is essential to maintaining animal health and resume operations...
/h3>- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
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A free webinar series titled “Trees to the Rescue: Solutions for Climate Change” will be held on May 14-16, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day. The webinars are sponsored by the University of California Thelma Hansen Fund.
“The webinars aim to increase our understanding of the role of trees in mitigating and adapting to climate change, how to plant the right trees and keep them healthy in urban environments, and the challenges of increasing the number of trees at the local level,” said Annemiek Schilder, director of Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center, who is organizing the series....
- Author: Grace Nguyen-Sovan Dean
![Forest Stewardship workshop participants at an El Dorado County field day. Credit: K.Ingram.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Green/blogfiles/105994small.jpg)
While trees and forests are often emblematic of constancy in a fast-paced world, our state's forests are actually changing before our eyes. Since 2020, the UC ANR Forest Stewardship Education (FSE) program has been helping California's forest landowners be proactive about the inevitable shifts their forestland will experience. The Forest Stewardship and Post-Fire Forest Resilience workshop programs use an online educational format, which guide landowners through the basics of creating...