[Scpg] Future of California agriculture

[Veronique Rorive]

Hello everyone,

I apologize if this has already been posted, but I received notification 
this morning. This looks to be very important for the future of 
California agriculture. There are four sessions left (San Luis Obispo on 
July 1; Tulare on July 2; Oxnard on July 7; and Escondido on July 9).

The State Board of Food and Agriculture and the California Department of 
Food and Agriculture are launching a series of listening sessions 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.

Listening Sessions Dates & Times, and additional information can be 
found at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/agvision/
Please forward to other folks as well.

Cheers!
- Veronique

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Veronique Rorive
Center for Conservation Biology (CCB)
University of California, Riverside
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Riverside, CA 92521

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