Everett Griner talks about precision agriculture, FFA’s future in today’s Agri View. FFA Opportunity…
Western Snowpack Melts Early, Little Remains
West-wide snowpack has mostly melted, according to data from the fifth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “Across most of the West,…
Almond Board: Getting out the Facts about Almonds
…Head to almonds.com/water for more information on water use for almonds. You can also click on the images on this page to see full versions of the graphics and information….
California Dried Plum Board Continued for Another Five-Year Term
…evidence presented at a March 10, 2015 public hearing held in Sacramento. The Marketing Order for Dried Plums which established the Dried Plum Board requires that at least once every…
State Board Discusses Drought
…Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency Anna Caballero joined Director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Mark Ghilarducci in heading to the community directly after their part…
USDA Announces Grants to Enable More Farmers Markets to Serve Low-Income Families
SNAP Recipients Can Now Purchase Fresh Fruit, Vegetables at More Than 6,200 Farmers Markets and Direct Marketing Farms Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the…
2015 Cantaloupe Crop a Welcomed Sight
So far the 2015 cantaloupe season has been near perfect, and that’s exactly what producers needed after the challenges they saw last year. 2015 Cantaloupe Crop a Welcomed Sight The…
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
…ceremony in Denver for the Colorado Pressurized Small Hydropower Partnership Project, a 2015-funded project that focuses on water quantity resource concerns in Colorado. The project, which will receive $1.8 million…
California Cuts Habitat Fix for Delta Project
…species protection. Bonham said the state couldn’t achieve the longer approvals and now is seeking permits of 10 years or less. A spokeswoman for Westlands Water District, a large provider…
A Day in Marin: Farmers Share a Passion for a Place Called California
…so much more – he manages a restaurant and retail outlets, he handles the shipping and marketing, and he painstakingly sources an impressive array of livestock and poultry, all raised…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any government in North America to reduce dangerous carbon emissions…
Western View: The Almondnac
…business. I’d like to invite you to stop by and check out the blog, and perhaps follow along as we grow the 2015 crop of almonds. The blog is online…
SNAP/CalFresh Sign-Up Event for Local Farmers’ Markets
…CalFresh.” Mr. Mendoza encourages individual farmers and farmers’ market managers who are not currently participating in the CalFresh Program to attend this special sign-up event. Farmers’ markets, farm stands, and…
California Leopold Conservation Award Seeks Nominees
…Paul Wenger. Nominations must be postmarked by July 10, 2015, and mailed to Leopold Conservation Award c/o Sustainable Conservation, 98 Battery Street, Suite 302, San Francisco, CA 94111. The 2015…
