Casey Walsh Cady

Senior Environmental Scientist

California Department of Food and Agriculture

Dairy Digester Research and Development Program

Casey Walsh Cady is a Senior Environmental Scientist with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). She is lead technical staff on CDFA's Dairy Digester Research and Development team where CDFA is investing over $100 million on implementing anaerobic digesters on dairies to reduce methane emissions, produce bioenergy and provide other co-benefits.

Casey has a 20+ year career with CDFA administering programs that improve the environmental performance of California agriculture, including nutrient management, habitat restoration and water supply.

Casey holds a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Master's Degree from the University of California, Davis in International Agricultural Development.

Presentation: Looking Ahead: How California is Leading the Nation in Transforming the Nation's Largest Dairy Sector, Reducing Greenhouse Gases and Producing Bioenergy