| | | CAF14-121 | | Growing Resilience: Policy & Practice for Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change Speakers: David Runsten, Policy Director, Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director, San Mateo County Resource Conservation District; Paul Muller, Co-Owner, Full Belly Farm; MODERATOR: Adam Kotin, Policy Associate, California Climate and Agriculture Network Farmers and ranchers are on the front lines of climate change. This session takes a farm-level view, exploring how to ensure food security and economic viability for this important California industry in the face of exacerbated water shortages and extreme weather events. If this year is a preview of what’s to come, how can farmers adapt? What potential impacts worry them the most? And what resources do they need to continue producing a bountiful, healthy harvest? Guided by conversations between the audience and our experts, we discuss innovative programs and policy approaches to the most crucial issues facing California agriculture in the years to come. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
