CDFA Office of Ag Resilience & Sustainability

Women have always led agriculture, feeding communities. This Mother's Day, we honor their resilience and leadership.

🚨 Deadline Reminder! Healthy Soils & SWEEP Block Grant Concept Proposals are due May 15 at 5 PM. We’re looking for partners to help deliver funding to CA farmers & ranchers 🔗 cdfa.ca.gov/oars

Our quarterly newsletter is here! ✨ Highlights: Healthy Soils Week, pesticide trends, community projects & inspiring women farmers. Check your inbox! 💌

That’s a wrap for Ag Day 2026! 🌾🎉 April 21 brought a few sprinkles 🌧️ but farmers love water 💧 so we made it part of the celebration. 🚜🌱 Thanks to our partners 🤝 sponsors exhibitors 🧺 & guests 🙌 for another wonderful day of food, farmers, ranchers. @jerryjamesstone

🚨 Funding opportunity for climate-smart agriculture! CDFA is now accepting Concept Proposals for Climate Bond-funded Healthy Soils Program (HSP) and State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) Block Grants. 🗓️ Proposals are due May 15, 2026 plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/inde…

Now Open: Applications for Healthy Soils Program and SWEEP Block Grant are available for eligible organizations supporting California farmers and ranchers. 🔗 More info: cdfa.ca.gov/oars

Healthy Soils Week starts today! Supporting California farmers to build soil health, boost biodiversity, and fight climate change. #HealthySoilsWeek Learn more at www-test.cdfa.ca.gov/healthysoilswe… @CDFAnews

Over the weekend, our team joined the Punjabi American Growers Group's 2026 Kisan Mela, sharing resources to protect California agriculture and promote sustainable farming. Read More: plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/inde… @CDFAnews @CitrusThreat

🌱 During Women’s History Month and the International Year of the Woman Farmer, we’re proud to highlight women like Isabel Rosas Garcia, who are shaping the future of agriculture in places like the Salinas Valley. 💚🚜 Read more on Planting Seeds blog⬇️ plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/inde…

Want to get more crop per drop? The Advanced School on Microirrigation for Crop Production starts March 30 at @ucdavisCAES. Learn practical strategies to maximize water use efficiency from experts at #UCANR and partners. @CDFAnews Register by March 25: ucanr.edu/blog/food-blog…

🌾 Governor Newsom @CAgovernor announces more than $23 million to increase access to farm-fresh food for CalFresh, WIC, and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program recipients 🥕🍓🥬 Read more: plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/inde… @JenSiebelNewsom

California dairy farms reuse water 4 times—from washing cows to irrigating crops—saving water and cutting emissions. 🔗ow.ly/ta1G50YolkN @dairycares

In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate Dorothy Nickerson's role in shaping soil color standards used by farmers today. #WomensHistoryMonth @CDFAnews

Nature is CA's ally for carbon neutrality. A new CARB inventory reveals our natural & working lands absorbed nearly twice the carbon lost to wildfires— demonstrating the important role of nature in the state’s fight against climate change 🌲📈 ➡️ ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/report-sh…

🍊 January is #NationalCitrusMonth! California leads the nation in citrus and it all starts with growers like Greg Lewis of Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits. 🎥 Watch the video + read the blog to learn how sustainability and soil health shape the future of citrus: plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/inde…

Public comment is now open on draft guidelines for the Healthy Soils Program and SWEEP, funded through #Prop4, California’s $10B Climate Bond. @CDFAnews 🗓️ Jan 20–Feb 18, 2026 📣 Oral public comment at the SAP meeting on Feb 12 Learn more: cdfa.ca.gov/oars/climate-b…

🌾 2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer 🌎 Women are leaders, innovators, and stewards of California agriculture. Hear from CDFA Secretary @agsecross on why recognizing and supporting women farmers matters now more than ever. 📺 plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=2…

2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer! California's #femalefarmers and farmworkers are essential to every part of agriculture, driving innovation, food safety, quality, and sustainability. californiagrown.org/yearofthewoman… @cafoodandag @nasdanews @fao @usda

CDFA and @CDRFMedia are awarding $26.8M through the Dairy Plus Program to support 23 on-farm projects that reduce methane emissions, improve water quality, and advance climate-smart practices across CA dairies. 🌱🐄 👉 Read the full release for details. ow.ly/womj50XNqxn