Presentation and Resource Links
MORNING SESSION – State and Science of Agriculture and Climate Issues
San Diego Agriculture and the Circular Economy
(Speaker: Mary Matava, AgriService, Inc. and San Diego County Farm Bureau)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- San Diego County Farm Bureau (Website)
San Diego County Agriculture
(Speaker: Maria Gomez, Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures, County of San Diego)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures, County of San Diego (Website)
- Annual Crop Reports (Website)
Climate Impact in Agriculture and UC ANR Research and Resources
(Speaker: Tapan Pathak, UC Merced and UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- CalAgro Climate - Decision Support Tools (Website)
- UC ANR Climate Smart Agriculture Program (Website)
- Water and Drought Online Seminar Series (Videos)
- USDA Adaptation Workbook: A climate change tool for land management and conservation (Website)
- Crop Manage - Irrigation and Fertilizer Application Decision Tool (Website)
County of San Diego – Sustainable Agriculture in Climate Action Planning
(Speaker: Meghan Kelly, Sustainability Planning Division, County of San Diego)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- County of San Diego Climate Action Plan (Website)
- Pilot Carbon Farming Program (Website)
- Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Program (Website)
Regional Climate Trends and Weather Prediction
(Speaker: Tom Corringham, Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
UC San Diego )
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- California Nevada Adaptation Program (Website)
- Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (Website)
- WECLIMA (Weather Extremes, Climate and Impacts Analytics (Website)
- California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment (Website)
- Cal-Adapt (Website)
- The Climate Toolbox (Website)
- OpenET (Website)
- NOAA El Niño Advisory
- Climate.gov ENSO Blog
- Drought.gov - National Drought Integrated Information System (NIDIS) (Website)
AFTERNOON SESSION – Opportunities and Challenges
Life Cycle of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use in Orchard Crops
(Speaker: Elias Marvinney, UC Davis)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
Regenerative Organic Alliance and Certification
(Speaker: Elizabeth Whitlow, Regenerative Organic Alliance)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- Regenerative Organic Alliance (Website)
Value Added Market Opportunities
(Speaker: Ramiro Lobo, UC Cooperative Extension San Diego)
- Growers Needs Assessment Survey Reports (Website)
Implementing Climate Smart Agriculture Production Practices
(Speakers: Eric Morgan, Braga Fresh)
- Presentation Slides (PDF)
- Braga Fresh (Website)
Carbon Farming and Beyond: Sustaining the Effort
(Speaker: Bea Alvarez, Foodshed San Diego)
- Foodshed San Diego (Website)
OTHER RESOURCES
Resource Conservation Districts (RCD):
Agriculture Water Quality Program-County of San Diego
Natural Resource Conservation Service-Environmental Quality Incentives Program (NRCS EQUIP)
Funding Opportunities Database - UCCE San Diego-Climate Resilient Agriculture Program