The California Department of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with the State Board of Food and Agriculture, will host its third public listening session this week to receive comments that will help define “regenerative agriculture” for state policies and programs.

The session, titled “Defining Regenerative Agriculture for State Policies and Programs,” will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22.

The webinar link is here.

Spanish interpretation services will be available.

The listening session will begin with an update including summaries of the previous public listening sessions and the first work group session, which took place on Jan. 31.

Recordings of previous sessions may be found on the CDFA website.

The California State Board of Food and Agriculture, as advisory body to the Governor and CDFA Secretary, is positioned to advise on how the state’s farmers, ranchers and consumers may be best served by agricultural policies in the state.

Incorporating a definition of regenerative agriculture for state policies and programs provides a science-based criterion for the designation or recognition of the term “regenerative” in agriculture-related policies of the state.

By defining “regenerative agriculture” and its associated practices, we are working to formalize holistic methods of farming that are designed to protect, sustain and enhance natural resources on our farms and farming communities throughout California.

The public listening sessions will help provide recommendations on a definition of “regenerative agriculture” and inform the State Board's process.

Updates on the public listening sessions and the process for defining “regenerative agriculture” are available at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/RegenerativeAg/.

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