CRAE News
CRAE testifies before Cannella Panel
Nov. 2011 The newly re-formed Cannella Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel held their inaugural meeting on November 7, 2011, with the main focus being ecosystem services. CRAE partner Casey Walsh Cady, with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, provided the Panel with an update on the Roundtable’s efforts on the subject, which include identifying key elements of ecosystem services frameworks, compiling a list of pilot projects in California, and building a strategy for creating an enabling policy environment for growing ecosystem services markets in California.
CRAE Supports Karen Ross for CDFA Secretary
Mar. 2011 CRAE members submitted a letter of support to Senator Darrell Steinberg for the appointment of Karen Ross to the post of Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Continuing Resolution, H.R.1
Mar. 2011 As part of its Farm Bill work, CRAE membership sent a letter to Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer opposing disproportionate funding cuts.
Read More »High Speed Rail Sign On Letter
Feb. 2011 CRAE members urged the California High-Speed Rail Authority to limit the impact of rail on farmland by placing rail lines along existing transportation corridors.
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