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Panel flags nurseries, alfalfa and organic systems as candidates for alternative reporting pathways
Summary
Panelists recommended further study of alternate reporting or compliance pathways for specific production systems — including nursery/floral operations, alfalfa, legume-based pasture, vineyards and organic growers — and proposed a supporting appendix of presentations and literature for future work.
At its Jan. 14 session, the State Water Resources Control Board’s agricultural expert panel listed several agricultural systems it believes may warrant alternative reporting or compliance approaches, provided that further research and targeted monitoring support such a change.
Thomas Harder, who joined the meeting in the afternoon, said he reorganized draft language in Question 9 to gather candidate industries into one place and to propose a small ‘library’ of supporting materials drawn from presentations, submitted studies and published literature. “I sorted the library by these groups: vine grapes, alfalfa and pasture systems, nursery and floral industry, and organic…
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