Newsom Wants Farmers to Help Fight Climate Change But Provides No New Funding for the Effort

November 20, 2020

“We’re really worried that we aren’t going to have the resources we’ve had in the last five years,” Kathryn Lyddan, director of conservation at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, said, referring to previous state allocations for sustainable farming practices. “It’s important for the state to really commit resources.”

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