…“It’s not palatable to some people but in general, the idea is to stop free movement of psyllids because we’ve got an HLB disease problem in the Los Angeles area.”…
Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop
…surrounding markets. “It’s essentially a fresh food market crop,” Smith says. “We have Los Angeles which is a fantastic market for that. They are doing research with different varieties of…
Celtuce
…these days. Dan Barber of Blue Hill in New York uses it; April Bloomfield once called it “the most underrated vegetable” and “totally amazing”; and Josiah Citrin of Los Angeles’s…
Agri View: Dining Out
Everett Griner talks about the restaurant business bigger than ever in today’s Agri View. Dining Out From: Los Angeles Times Restaurants are booming despite financial market turmoil by Don Lee,…
Keys (2.0) of Soil Taxonomy available in Spanish
…venideros. Según liderazgo NRCS, la traducción ampliará los horizontes de la taxonomía de suelos de Estados Unidos al permitir que profesionales de todas partes del mundo aplicar e interpretar el…
Former Los Angeles Mayor to Speak at Water Technology Conference
Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be the featured speaker at the Water Technology Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 12, at the Veterans Memorial Building…
Baseball Dogs
…baseball and hot dogs. It’s the perfect combination.” The Los Angeles Dodgers can relish in victory as the team’s fans are once again projected to consume the most hot dogs,…
$8.5 Million Awarded to Improve Communities’ Water Sources
…State University, Raleigh, N.C., $484,990 Stockholm Environment Institute U.S., Davis, Calif., $484,764 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., $485,000 University of California, Riverside, Calif., $126,181 Texas A&M University, Corpus…
Three California Organizations for Climate Action Leadership
…San Bernardino Associated Governments, and County of Los Angeles) for the HERO Program was awarded the Innovative Partnerships Certificate for helping to increase the mass adoption of home energy and…
Today is National Ag Day
…list of favorite toppings. In 1830 pizza truly began with the opening of the world’s first pizzeria. Port’ Alba, the pizzas were cooked in an oven lined with lava from…
Additional HLB-Positive Trees Confirmed in San Gabriel
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has confirmed four additional HLB-positive trees in the San Gabriel region of Los Angeles County. The trees were located on three different…
ACP Monitoring ‘Springs’ Into Action
…trees have been located in urban Los Angeles County. They were quickly removed by CDFA officials. “In California, we are working hard to keep the population of ACP as low…
Five Lessons for California from Australia’s Drought
…living with drought. A recent story in the Los Angeles Times said that Felicia Marcus, chair of the state water board, “can look back on the last year and see…
Calif. Citrus Growers Turn to Florida and Texas for Huanglongbing Help
…Los Angeles Basin. If the disease is allowed to take hold, it will be a death sentence for California citrus. Stopping the insect vector, the Asian citrus psyllid, is the…