According to Rich Rominger, California should implement policy practices that protect agricultural landscapes and their concordant environmental, economic, and cultural benefits. Rominger, a Yolo County farmer, former secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and coauthor Renata Brillinger published an op-ed in today's Sacramento Bee that touched on some of the challenges faced by California agriculture.
Climate now should be added to that list.
Rominger highlighted recent work by UC Davis scientist Louise Jackson and a host of others on greenhouse gas emissions and how agriculture can help mitigate climate change impacts.
He ended with a call for action by policymakers and others. Worth a read.