Resources

• CDFA Press Releases
• "A.G. on Ag" (Newsletter)
• State Board of Food & Agriculture
• California Agricultural Resource Directory
• Cal EPA
• Department of Public Health
• California Resources Agency
• California Climate Action
• U.S. Report On Climate Change Effects on Agriculture, Land, Water Resources & Biodiversity

"When we forget the stable foundation upon which agriculture must stand, we do so not at our own peril, but at the peril of civilization itself." — Secretary A.G. Kawamura, California Department of Food and Agriculture

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"The Ag Vision will give California agriculture the opportunity to design its own future through 2030--this will not be a document to gather dust, but an action plan to secure the viability of this industry for today and years to come." — Al Montna, President, State Board of Food and Agriculture

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• What is your vision for California agriculture by 2030?
• What will be the biggest challenge in achieving that vision?
• In 2030, how has the public perception of agriculture changed?
• What is a "must have" in an Ag Vision for California?

The State Board of Food and Agriculture and the California Department of Food and Agriculture are launching a series of listening sessions this year that will provide a forum for the agriculture industry and public to give their input into a California strategic agricultural vision. This vision will be used to guide public policy and investment priorities at the state and national level for the next 20 years. It will be a vision that affects everyone who produces, ships, processes, markets, eats, drinks or wears California agricultural products.

The California Agricultural Vision will consist of strategic goals that the agricultural industry wants to achieve by the year 2030. Public input is essential for the agricultural vision to fully represent California, including perspectives from farmers, ranchers and processors as well as hunger, nutrition, conservation and rural development groups.

The California Agricultural Vision is made possible in part by grants administered by the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation and the Columbia Foundation.