A new UC report offers information that could help the nation's largest urban population and a world-class agricultural system peacefully coexist in California. Published by the UC Agricultural Issues Center at UC Davis, the report focuses on technologies and public policies that allow farmers to continue growing crops with minimal impact on their urban neighbors. The 80-page publication, titled "California's Future: Maintaining Viable Agriculture at the Urban Edge," is the summarized proceedings of a daylong conference held in December in Sacramento. It includes the ideas and recommendations of land-use planners, researchers, farmers, government officials and others concerned about problems on both sides of the farm-city interface. The report is available for $15 from the Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Complimentary review copies are available for journalists.
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Pat Bailey, Research news (emphasis: agricultural and nutritional sciences, and veterinary medicine), 530-219-9640, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu