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What is the Future of Agriculture in California?
A symposium to discuss farmers’ transition to new practices and adoption of new technologies
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What does the Central Valley look like in 2045? The climate that has allowed California to become a global food producer is changing. Many producers already implement soil- and climate-smart practices like cover-cropping. How can agriculture producers and land owners continue to make profit and increase yields under drought, groundwater use restrictions, and warmer weather? How can California support farmers’ transition to new practices and adoption of new technologies?
The Maddy Institute, in partnership with Climate Now and the Livermore Lab Foundation, hosted an audience of 700+ in-person and virtual registrants at this first-of-its-kind summit at California State University, Fresno’s Satellite Student Union.
Featured Speakers
Karen Ross
Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Karen Ross
Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Karen Ross was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 9, 2019 by Governor Gavin Newsom. In re-appointing Secretary Ross, Governor Newsom cited her unmatched leadership experience in agricultural issues nationally, internationally, and here in California, in areas including environmental stewardship, climate change adaptation, and trade. Secretary Ross was initially appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in 2011.
Before joining CDFA, Secretary Ross was chief of staff for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a position she accepted in 2009. Prior to that appointment, she served as President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers from 1996- 2009, and as Vice-President of the Agricultural Council of California from 1989-1996. Her prior experience before moving to California included staff work for a United States Senator, a presidential candidate, and government relations for rural electric cooperatives and public power districts.
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Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Senior Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Senior Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jennifer Pett-Ridge is a senior staff scientist and group leader at LLNL who uses the tools of systems biology and biogeochemistry to link, identity, and function in environmental microbial communities. Recently awarded a DOE Early Career award to work on responses of tropical soil microbes to climate change, she has also pioneered the use of NanoSIMS isotopic imaging in the fields of microbial biology and soil biogeochemistry. Pett-Ridge has published over 60 peer-review articles, including a patent ROI for the “ChipSIP” approach linking microbial identity and function using NanoSIMS analysis of microarrays.
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