…lamb’s quarter are excellent added to lettuce salads or cooked and used as a replacement for spinach. Lamb’s quarter seeds are also edible. They are a good source of protein…
Lettuce Research Grant
Cal Poly Pomona Professor Awarded Major Grant for Lettuce Research A plant science professor at Cal Poly Pomona has received a $416,343 state grant to study how to grow lettuce…
Sakata Seed Announces Contribution to UC Davis
…breeding tools and technology, training of over 170 plant breeders in the industry and extensive research on key crops such as brassicas, carrots, lettuce, melon, pepper and tomato. UC Davis…
Farmers Discuss Issues at State Capitol
…County hydroponic lettuce grower, commented on a visit with a co-author of the agricultural overtime bill. “That was helpful, because it allowed us a better understanding of why the bill…
Today is National Ag Day
…Head Strong Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family. Darker Green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter green leaves. Americans eat about 30 pounds of lettuce every year….
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
…soybeans, almonds, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, lettuce, alfalfa, tomatoes, watermelon, and bell peppers, with some crops having as many as 6 applications per year. Crops that have been properly treated with…
Leap Year and Ag
…the sunflower family. Darker Green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter green leaves. Americans eat about 30 pounds of lettuce every year. That’s about five times more than what…
The California Kitchen: Look and Feel Younger Mix with Pulled Chicken
…carrot diced into 1/4 2 Celery Stalks Cooking Sensations Chipotle Garlic Seasoning 1 Bay leaf 1 Romaine Lettuce Salt/Pepper To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from…
The California Kitchen: Balanced Juice with Southwestern Flat Iron A La Plancha
…of butterhead lettuce 1 pear 1 apple 1 cup of blueberries 1 banana Water and Ice Southwestern Flat Iron A La Plancha 4 Flat Iron Steaks Cleaned Cooking Sensations Chipotle…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
By Natasha Geiling from thinkprogress.org Though it’s just an hour south of California’s Silicon Valley, the Salinas Valley — better known for churning out lettuce and tomatoes than the world’s…
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…2 million pounds of leafy greens, including kale, arugula and romaine lettuce. The company is call Aerofarms, and they are specialists in indoor growing. They’ve been doing it on a…
Climate Change and Diet
…associated with U.S. food consumption patterns. Eating lettuce is more harmful to the environment than eating bacon. “Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for Fertilizer Research Program
…requested to fill gaps in nitrogen management information for specific crops, including corn, pima cotton, processing tomatoes, baby lettuce, walnuts, citrus, and deep rooted vegetables such as carrots. Other priority…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…and hogs but higher prices for lettuce, milk, apples, and sweet corn. In addition to prices, the indexes are influenced by the monthly mix of commodities producers market. Increased monthly…