Summer 2009

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This issue contains:

Cultivating Change: story about Andy Mariani and his farm

CAFF Corner: Moving Forward

Focus on: the Davis Food Co-op

Cotton: Fit for Film

What's Bugging Farmers? (Q & A with an entomologist)

A Teaching Network (Farm to School)

Profile on: Carol Presley, new board president

The White House Digs In: the Victory Garden

Capitol Report

Humboldt Celebrates Food

North Coast Chapter Update

Winter 2009

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This issue contains:

Where the Locals Go

CAFF Corner: Changes

Hedgerows: Improving the Biodiversity of Farms

Riparian Restoration: A Colusa Almond Project Update

Highlight of the 2008 Cotton Tour

Businesses Continue to Make the Local Switch

A Farm to School Field Guide

Bay Area Local Food Forum Showcases Positive Policy Change

Capitol Report

Strengthening Urban Water Management Plans

North Coast Chapter Update

Fall 2008

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This issue contains:

Farm to School Comes Full Circle

CAFF Corner: CAFF Goes to School

Gabriel Farm

Almond Pest Management Alliance: Back and Better than Ever

Simple Steps, Big Impacts

Cultivating Biodiversity on the Central Coast

Summer Produce in the City

New Steps in Brining Local Food to Colleges

Coming Soon! Local Food Guide for the LA Area

Local Food Month!

Capitol Report

Vision Statement of CAFF

Summer 2008

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This issue contains:

Berry Farmers Make New Sales

CAFF Corner: The Real Promise of the Growers' Collaborative

Oz Farm

A New Kind of Extension on Punjabi TV

Cotton and Drought

Fresh Food for Bayview-Hunters Point

Humboldt State Buys Fresh & Local

Bienvenido Buy Fresh Buy Local

The New Farmer Class

Capitol Report—Summer 2008

An Ally on Public Advocacy

Central Coast Chapter Update

Humboldt Chapter Update

North Coast Chapter Update

Paicines Ranch Processing Plant

Spring 2008

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This issue contains:

Dr. Preston Maring is a Local Food Hero

Teaching Young People to Care about Nature

CAFF Corner: Save Farmland to Reduce Global Warming

Camaraderie Saves Eatwell Farm During Medfly Quarantine

FARMER PROFILE: Nevermore Farm, Arbuckle

Family Farm Food Saftey Update

Students Plant Wildlife Habitat on Almond Farm

Highlight on Santa Barbara County

"Focus the Nation" Team Makes History

Humboldt's High Priorities

Capitol Report—Spring 2008

Winter 2008

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This issue contains:

The Future of Cotton Tour, 2007

CAFF Corner: Cleaner Cotton™ is Coming

Our Man in Sacramento

Helping Sacramento Valley Farmers Protect Water Quality

FARMER PROFILE: Rich Collins, Calif. Vegetable Specialities

UC Berkeley Dinner Highlights New Partnership

Bay Area Retailers Rack Up the Local Food

When Life Hands You Quarantined Tomatoes,

Make Tomato Sauce!

Highlight on Alameda County

Leafy Greens and Food Safety

Humboldt Chapter Update

Fall 2007

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This issue contains:

Food Safety Campaign

Farm to Institution

CAFF Corner: Put Your Hoes Down

California Farm Festivals

North Coast Chapter Update

Highlight on Sonoma County

Gravenstein Apples

California FarmLink

Local Food Month Events

Policy Update

FARMER PROFILE: Preston Vineyards

Pest Control Methods for Walnuts

Summer 2007

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This issue contains:

Tortilla Fiesta

Slow Food  Nation Marketplace

CAFF Corner: Food Safety?

BFBL by the Bay

Farmer Profile: John LaBoyteaux

Humboldt County Chapter Activities

Putting the "Straw" Back Into Strawberries

Spring 2007

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This issue contains:

Leafy Greens

Growers Collaborative

CAFF Corner: Dilemmas of Genetic Engineering

Policy Update

Sacramento Valley Opportunities

CAFF Action on the Farm Bill

Winter 2007

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This issue contains:

“I Didn’t Know You Could Eat These”

CAFF Corner: Food Safety & Sustainable Ag

Policy Update

FARMER PROFILE: Juan Per?z, Salinas

BFBL Expands

Growers Collaborative

Humbolt Chapter Happenings

Sustainable Cotton Project Tour

Propane Defoliator Tested

Fall 2006

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This issue contains:

Apple Growers Wary of Bill

CAFF Corner: Our Role in Policy

Policy Update

FARMER PROFILE: Goat Milk?

Family Farmers & Kaiser Permanente

Bon Appetit Buys Fresh, Buys Local

Yolo Ag Futures Saving Farmland

Summer 2006

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This issue contains:

CAFF in Humboldt County

Michael Pollan Makes us Look at What we Eat

CAFF Corner: Simple Solutions

Strawberries for My Mom

Sustainable Cotton Project

On Common Ground: Dr. Vandana Shiva

FARMER PROFILE: Glaum Egg Ranch

Hoes Down Harvest Celebration

CAFF Booth at the Santa Cruz County Fair

Spring 2006

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This issue contains:

If It's Wednesday This Must Be Brussel Sprouts

California Ag Secretary Kawamura Visits CAFF

CAFF Corner: The Future is Local

Solar Panels on the Farm

Water, Nutrient, & Pesticide Management

Latest Research plus Field Day on Cover Crops & Water Quality

Buy Fresh, Buy Local Campaign

Eating Locally through Winter

Special Renewable Energy Section 2006

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This section of the Spring Issue contains:

Biodiesel for California Farmers?

Biodiesel Tips for Farmers

Smart Energy Management Training

Farm Energy Publications

Clean Air USA

Winter 2005

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(Farmer to Farmer- 288 kb)

This issue contains:

Turkish Cotton Production

Growers Collaborative

Welcome Anya Fernald

Policy Update

Chip Chop Shred

Sustainable Cotton Tour

Monitoring Data & Ag Waiver Workshop

Fall 2005

(Ag Advocate - 248 kb)

(Farmer to Farmer- 360 kb)

This issue contains:

Local Food Month

Fine Tuning a Cover Crop System

Strengthening Local Foodsheds

Sonoma GE- Free Initiative Heads to a Photo Finish

Policy Update

Enhancing Biological Control in Central Coast Vegetables

Pherome Mating Disruption

Summer 2005

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(Farmer to Farmer - 360 kb)

This issue contains:

Smart Food, Smart Kids: Farm-to-School in Fresno

CAFF Goes to Market

Policy Update

CAFF Booth at the Santa Cruz County Fair

Homegrown Kids on the North Coast

Extending Hedgerows in California Ag

Cotton in Holland?

Pedaling for Produce

Getting Back to the Farm at Hoes Down Festival

Spring 2005

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This issue contains:

Irrigation & Nutrient Management Meeting &

Cover Crop Field Day

Tenth Annual Moth Madness

Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign

Farm-to-School Update