Climate-Smart Agriculture

In this episode, Colin Mitchell, a sustainable agriculture specialist based out of NCAT's Southwest Regional Office in San Antonio, Texas, is joined by Jeanne Merrill, policy director at the California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN). Colin and Jeanne discuss different "Climate Smart Agriculture" tools and policies in California, including the Healthy Soils Program; the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program; the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program; the Sustainable Agriculture Lands Conservation Program; the Alternative Manure Management Program; and the Climate Adaptation Program.They also discuss carbon markets, water quality trading, and other issues.Related ATTRA ResourcesPublicationsPayments for Ecosystem ServicesAgriculture, Climate Change, and Carbon SequestrationManaging Soils for WaterMarketing ManureVideosPayments for Ecosystem Services Part IPayments for Ecosystem Services Part II: Carbon Markets and Credit StackingPayments for Ecosystem Services Part III: Water Quality TradingPodcastsWater Quality TradingConservation Easements and Ecosystem Service MarketsUsing Cover Crops to Sequester CarbonSoil Health and the Five Soil Health PrinciplesSoil Health and Regenerative AgricultureCarbonomicsOther ResourcesCalCANNational Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Climate Change and AgricultureCalifornia Air Resources Board California Climate InvestmentsPlease complete a brief survey to let us know what you thought of the content presented here.Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.