Fish Friendly Farming® provides an incentive-based method for creating and sustaining environmental quality and habitat on private land. Landowners and managers enroll in the program, learn environmentally beneficial management practices and carry out ecological restoration projects. The focus is on the land manager as the central figure in achieving and sustaining environmental quality. This approach ensures long-term environmental improvements, sustainable agriculture and implements the principles of state and federal environmental regulations. Three resource agencies—the Regional Water Quality Control Board, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the County Agricultural Commissioner—provide an objective third-party certification.
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Fish Friendly Farming provides for voluntary, self-directed compliance with the rigorous standards of state and federal water quality laws(Clean Water Act), the federal Endangered Species Act, and state pesticide laws as well as local regulations.
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The Fish Friendly Farming certification assures the consumer that the wines and farm products they purchase are produced by protecting and restoring the environment and by sustaining the beauty and natural habitats of California. |
Governor Names California Land Stewardship Institute
Winner of 2011 Top Environmental Leadership Award
In December, Governor Edmund G. Brown announced that the California
Land Stewardship Institute of Napa won a 2011 Governor’s Environmental
and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) for its Fish Friendly Farming®
Environmental Certification Program.
GEELA is California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor. The
award program recognizes individuals, organizations and businesses that have
demonstrated exceptional leadership for voluntary achievements in conserving
California’s resources, protecting and enhancing the environment, and building
public-private partnerships.
“The California Land Stewardship Institute is a true leader,” said Secretary for
Environmental Protection Matt Rodriquez. “They prove that you can support and
promote environmental values without sacrificing your business objectives. They
understand that going green can be a successful economic strategy that can
also lead to sustainable growth and development.”
The 15 award recipients were chosen in 12 different categories based on their
strength in eight specific areas including results, transferability, environmental
impact, resource conservation, economic progress, innovation and uniqueness,
pollution prevention, and environmental justice. The Governor's Environmental
and Economic Leadership Awards program was established in 1993. The award
program is administered by the California Environmental Protection Agency and
the California Natural Resources Agency in collaboration with the State and
Consumer Services Agency; the Department of Food and Agriculture; Labor and
Workforce Development Agency; the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency; and, the Health and Human Services Agency.
For more information on GEELA and this year's award
recipients, visit the Cal/EPA Web site: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Awards/GEELA/.
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