{"id":512826,"date":"2026-10-30T08:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/512826\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:46:14","slug":"is-your-california-farm-too-big-to-be-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/512826\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your California Farm Too Big to Be Small?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIs Your California Farm Too Big to Be Small?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Haylie Shipp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aginfo.net\/reporter\/44\/Haylie-Shipp\" class=\"thumb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Haylie Shipp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793349974_168_user_61f3041c0e02c005840304_300_300.jpg\" class=\"img-thumbnail float-right\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat makes a farm a small farm? In California, that answer might be up for debate.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, USDA considers a small family farm one bringing in less than $350,000 a year before expenses. That threshold hasn&#8217;t changed since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>But does that number make sense for California, where even a relatively small operation might bring in more revenue than that?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the question coming before the California State Board of Food and Agriculture on November 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>According to CDFA, the board will discuss developing a statewide definition of a small farm.<\/p>\n<p>And that matters. Farm classifications can influence which producers are targeted for certain grants, assistance programs, and other resources.<\/p>\n<p>CDFA Secretary Karen Ross says small farms make up the majority of California&#8217;s farms, but the federal classification may not adequately reflect operations supplying schools, farmers markets, and local food systems.<\/p>\n<p>The November 3rd meeting is open to the public in Sacramento and available via Zoom. Find details at cdfa.ca.gov.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Your California Farm Too Big to Be Small? What makes a farm a small farm? In California,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[197342,197343,197350,197347,7,1369,12360,197346,197353,1377,9,8,197339,197344,31959,197348,197345,197351,197349,197340,197354,197352,197341],"class_list":["post-512826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-197342","tag-000-farm-revenue-threshold","tag-agricultural-grants","tag-agricultural-operating-costs","tag-california","tag-california-agriculture","tag-california-department-of-food-and-agriculture","tag-california-farm-income","tag-california-farm-policy","tag-california-farmers","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-small-farms","tag-california-state-board-of-food-and-agriculture","tag-cdfa","tag-farm-revenue-versus-profit","tag-small-family-farms","tag-small-farm-assistance-programs","tag-small-farm-classification","tag-small-farm-definition","tag-small-farm-eligibi","tag-small-scale-producers","tag-usda-small-farm-definition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}