A study asks: Are California's farmers headed toward sustainable agriculture?
James I. Grieshop, UC Davis
Arnaz K. Raj, UC Davis
California Agriculture 46(2):4-7. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v046n02p4.
Growers report their practices are becoming more ecological and less conventional, but rates of change differ.
J. I. Grieshop is Community Education Specialist, Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis. A. K. Raj is Research Assistant, Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis.
The authors acknowledge the support and assistance of the UC Small Farms Center, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, the California Farm Bureau Federation and the California Association of Family Farmers. This research was funded though USD A Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture grant LW 89–21.