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SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program, or FREP, is now accepting concept proposals for the 2019 grant cycle.
FREP’s competitive grant program funds research that advances the agronomic and environmental performance of fertilizing materials.
The 2019 request for proposals, or RFP, includes several initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.
This year’s priorities include: technical education, demonstrating and/or validating management practices that optimize nutrient and irrigation management, addressing barriers to adoption of management practices, filling knowledge gaps in nitrogen management for specific crops, performing research on the role of organic input materials in soil nutrient management, and investigating and understanding mitigation strategies for nitrogen loss.
Applicants are invited to submit two-page concept proposals to FREP by Thursday, January 31, 2019. Concepts submitted should be aligned with at least one of the identified priority research areas.
Further information on the 2019 FREP request for concept proposals, including timelines, application criteria, priority research areas, and examples of successful proposals, are available on the Grant Program web page at www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html.
All concept proposals will be reviewed by the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board’s Technical Advisory Subcommittee, or TASC. Concept proposals that are selected by the TASC will be invited for development into full project proposals.
Since 1990, FREP has funded more than 230 research projects, investing over 17 million dollars in research and outreach projects focusing on California’s important and environmentally sensitive cropping systems.
A database of completed and ongoing research is available on the FREP Research web page at www.cdfa.ca.gov/go/FREPresearch.
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FREP’s competitive grant program funds research that advances the agronomic and environmental performance of fertilizing materials.
The 2019 request for proposals, or RFP, includes several initiatives put forth by the department to help effectively manage nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.
This year’s priorities include: technical education, demonstrating and/or validating management practices that optimize nutrient and irrigation management, addressing barriers to adoption of management practices, filling knowledge gaps in nitrogen management for specific crops, performing research on the role of organic input materials in soil nutrient management, and investigating and understanding mitigation strategies for nitrogen loss.
Applicants are invited to submit two-page concept proposals to FREP by Thursday, January 31, 2019. Concepts submitted should be aligned with at least one of the identified priority research areas.
Further information on the 2019 FREP request for concept proposals, including timelines, application criteria, priority research areas, and examples of successful proposals, are available on the Grant Program web page at www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/frep/CompetitiveGrantProgram.html.
All concept proposals will be reviewed by the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board’s Technical Advisory Subcommittee, or TASC. Concept proposals that are selected by the TASC will be invited for development into full project proposals.
Since 1990, FREP has funded more than 230 research projects, investing over 17 million dollars in research and outreach projects focusing on California’s important and environmentally sensitive cropping systems.
A database of completed and ongoing research is available on the FREP Research web page at www.cdfa.ca.gov/go/FREPresearch.
For more information, please send email inquiries to
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SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and CalRecycle Director Scott Smithline, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, announced on Monday the arrest of three individuals for allegedly defrauding California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program by trying to import beverage containers sold in Arizona into California to be redeemed for their recycling value.
California’s beverage container recycling program, administered by CalRecycle, encourages recycling at privately-owned centers through a 5- to 10-cent return on eligible beverage containers.
Recycling centers are responsible for ensuring that only eligible bottles and cans that are sold in California are redeemed.
“California’s recycling program is one of many publicly-funded programs used to incentivize better treatment of our environment and communities. Those who choose to undercut these efforts to protect and improve our community will be apprehended,” said Attorney General Becerra. “My office will continue to work with law enforcement agencies across state lines to detect and stop criminal activity, and hold perpetrators accountable.”
“The cross-border partnership between the California Department of Justice and Arizona’s law enforcement community sends a clear signal that organized criminal groups have no safe space to operate recycling fraud schemes,” said CalRecycle Director Scott Smithline. “CalRecycle and its law enforcement partners will continue to follow these investigations wherever they lead to protect public funds and the integrity of California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program.”
The arrests are the result of a five-month investigation, which led to the seizure of 27,860 pounds of empty beverage containers from California-bound semi-trucks at a collection yard in Phoenix.
The seized beverage containers had a potential redemption value of $41,836.80. The defendants operated a company – Bustillos’ Trucking – which the complaint alleges was operated for the sole purpose of defrauding California’s recycling program for a three-year period.
Owner Miguel Bustillos, truck driver Anthony Sanchez and suspected broker Amaury Avila-Medina have been charged with recycling fraud, conspiracy and grand theft.
It is important to note that a criminal complaint contains charges that are only allegations against a person. Every defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
California’s beverage container recycling program, administered by CalRecycle, encourages recycling at privately-owned centers through a 5- to 10-cent return on eligible beverage containers.
Recycling centers are responsible for ensuring that only eligible bottles and cans that are sold in California are redeemed.
“California’s recycling program is one of many publicly-funded programs used to incentivize better treatment of our environment and communities. Those who choose to undercut these efforts to protect and improve our community will be apprehended,” said Attorney General Becerra. “My office will continue to work with law enforcement agencies across state lines to detect and stop criminal activity, and hold perpetrators accountable.”
“The cross-border partnership between the California Department of Justice and Arizona’s law enforcement community sends a clear signal that organized criminal groups have no safe space to operate recycling fraud schemes,” said CalRecycle Director Scott Smithline. “CalRecycle and its law enforcement partners will continue to follow these investigations wherever they lead to protect public funds and the integrity of California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program.”
The arrests are the result of a five-month investigation, which led to the seizure of 27,860 pounds of empty beverage containers from California-bound semi-trucks at a collection yard in Phoenix.
The seized beverage containers had a potential redemption value of $41,836.80. The defendants operated a company – Bustillos’ Trucking – which the complaint alleges was operated for the sole purpose of defrauding California’s recycling program for a three-year period.
Owner Miguel Bustillos, truck driver Anthony Sanchez and suspected broker Amaury Avila-Medina have been charged with recycling fraud, conspiracy and grand theft.
It is important to note that a criminal complaint contains charges that are only allegations against a person. Every defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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