Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... ... accounting for 12 percent of agricultural production in 2021—including more than 70 percent of the nation's fruits and nuts.
Report Land Transitions and Dust in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Jaymin Kwon, Joy Collins Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... Regional air quality regulators focus some efforts on managing emissions during critical periods. For example, the nut harvester replacement ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 Efforts to develop salt-tolerant varieties may also yield dividends, especially if saline groundwater not suitable for sensitive fruit, nut, and vine crops ...
blog post Health Risks Persist for Older Farmworkers as COVID Lingers By Paulette Cha Jun 16, 2022 Jun 16, 2022 ... ... a sector that serves as a source of food for the state and for the nation, earned $50 billion in revenue in 2019—the fruits, nuts, ...
Report Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune May 18, 2022 Funding for California's K–12 public schools has reached record highs, but gaps in student outcomes remain. Understanding the benefits of additional funds, ...
Report Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers By Paulette Cha Apr 25, 2022 Apr 13, 2022 ... (1) Over three-fourths of California's crop sales are fruits, nuts, and vegetables (California Department of Food and Agriculture 2020a), ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Drought and California’s Agriculture By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Ellen Hanak, John Abatzoglou Apr 13, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 ... Farmers have steadily improved productivity, shifting to crops that generate more profit and jobs per unit of water—like fruits, nuts, ...
blog post Could Rangeland Return to the Central Valley? By Caitlin Peterson Mar 28, 2022 Mar 28, 2022 ... A significant amount of irrigated farmland in the Central Valley—including many fruit and nut trees—will need to come out of production over ...
blog post SGMA Could Bolster Habitat Restoration in the San Joaquin Valley By Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson, Abigail Hart Feb 22, 2022 Feb 22, 2022 ... Tough nuts to crack. The group identified a number of issues that must be addressed to make large-scale habitat restoration feasible in the ...
Report Improving California’s Water Market By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ... Sep 14, 2021 Field crops such as grains and alfalfa generally produce less revenue per acre-foot of water used than fruits, nuts, and vegetables (Hanak et al. 2018b).