California dairies have utilized the Low Carbon Fuel Standard to cut emissions and adopt cleaner fuels. An upcoming vote risks that progress.
Cows eat at the Legacy Ranches near Pixley on Sept. 29, 2023. Several digesters systems feed methane gas to the CalGren facility to produce renewable natural gas. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Locala commentary forum aiming to broaden our understanding of the state and spotlight Californians directly impacted by policy or its absence. Learn more
I was born in the Central Valley and raised by immigrant parents. My work started when I was just a child helping my father, a farm manager, with odd jobs on the farm where he worked and where my family lived. Today, I am a farm manager at Bar 20 Dairy in Fresno County, where I have worked for the past 16 years.
You can see this innovation at our farm, which has been nationally and internationally recognized for leadership in sustainability. We’ve electrified our farm equipment, installed solar, use wearable monitoring devices for tracking cow health and so much more. Our innovative partnerships have helped create new models to accelerate the adoption of climate-smart practices globally, and helping clean the air in our community.by CARB confirmed that the current incentive-based approach is working. By allowing farms like ours to implement either a digester or alternative manure management project via the state’s dairy methane reduction programs, California’s dairy sector is on track to achieve its world-leading 40% methane reduction goal by 2030.
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