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FUNDERWEBINAR
TheRealDirt:SoilHealthasaDriverofFoodSystemandEcosystemSustainability
Co-Sponsoredby:David&LucilePackardFoundaAon,EnvironmentalGrantmakersAssociaAon,andSustainable
Agriculture&FoodSystemsFunders
Thursday,April13,201712pmPT/2pmCT/3pmET
• MODERATOR• BelindaMorris,programofficer,David&LucilePackardFounda7on
• SPEAKERS• RenataBrillinger,execuAvedirector,CaliforniaClimate&AgricultureNetwork• MarciaDeLonge,agroecologist,Food&EnvironmentProgram,UnionofConcernedScien7sts• JudithRedmond,co-owner,FullBellyFarm
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Grassland, grazing land: 0.04-0.2 Mg C/ha/y
Forest land: 0.1-0.4 Mg C/ha/y
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Evidenceforagronomic&ecologicalbenefits?
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Perennials (e.g. STRIPS)
Crop Rotation (e.g. Marsden Farm)
Evidenceforhealthbenefits?
• Environment:• Cleanwater• Cleanair• Stableclimate
• Food:• Foodsecurity• Nutri7on• Foodsafety
Lal2004,FAO2017
GrowingconsensusthatfoodproducPvity,climatechangemiPgaPon,andadaptaPonarePghtlylinked
FAO2017“Soilorganiccarbon,thehiddenpotenAal”
Researchonlinkagesbetweensoilbiodiversity&humanhealthisemerging
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Some of our Crops
Flowers – 10 acres pasture – 21 acres
oranges, stone fruits and figs – 28 acres almonds and walnuts – 42 acres
wheat, barley, field corn – 45 acres many different veggies – 210 acres
Some of our Crops
Sudan Grass – Summer Cover Crop
Vetch, fava beans and oats – winter cover crop
Applying compost
Planting into previous season’s crop residue (Sorry, this photo is not from Full Belly Farm!)
Micro-sprinklers in the almond orchard
One of our hedgerows
Screen grab from web site of a UC Davis researcher who has influenced our thinking
Results from on-farm research project that included Full Belly Farm
Challenges…
• changing weather and climate • poor water quality (especially problematic in drought
years) • increasing weed pressure • shortage of labor • poor compost quality • conflicting and burdensome regulations
How do we ever get time to farm?
Thank you!
Renata Brillinger California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN)
California's Healthy Soils Initiative
AB 32, SB 32, cap-and-trade
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Over $3 billion allocated to date $2.2 billion proposed in 2017-18
Climate Smart Agriculture Funding
Funding to date (approx.): 2014-15 total = $27 million 2015-16 total = $66 million 2016-17 total = $100 million (at least)
Four programs: 1.! Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program
(SALC) 2.! State Water Efficiency & Enhancement Program (SWEEP) 3.! Dairy Methane Reduction 4.! Healthy Soils Initiative
$7.5 million in 2016-17 Objective: To build soil carbon and reduce
agricultural GHG emissions through incentives
Healthy Soils Initiative
Coordinated with USDA NRCS conservation funding
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Renata Brillinger, CalCAN www.calclimateag.org • renata@calclimateag.org
UpcomingSAFSFEvents
2017ForuminGainesville,FL–SavetheDate
ContactHuyenNguyen,program&membershipassociate,formoreinforma7onaboutournetworkandprogramming:huyen@safsf.organdvisitourwebsitewww.safsf.org
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