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. Pursuant to Section 500 and subdivision (d) of Section 821,
the Legislature requests that the Regents of the University of
California do both of the following:
(a) Provide adequate and ongoing funding to programs at the
University of California designed to promote research on, and
facilitate adoption of, sustainable agricultural practices,
including, but not limited to, research, teaching, and outreach in
the areas of sustainable farming systems, biologically integrated
farming systems, organic agriculture, small farms, agroecology
systems, biointensive integrated pest management, and biological pest
control to ensure the programs' ongoing ability to respond to the
needs of all sectors of California's agricultural industry.
(b) Fully incorporate the sustainable agricultural practices,
methods, and materials identified and developed by the programs
enumerated in this article into all appropriate programs of the
university to ensure that California farmers and ranchers have
maximum access to the information needed to adopt and implement these
measures.