…a serious threat to crops such as tomatoes, beans, squash, cotton and melons. Whiteflies draw fluid out of a plant’s leaves, and excrete a sticky residue that allows fungus to…
The California Kitchen: Eggplant Baba Ganoush
…White Wine Cherry Tomatoes To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen For this and many more of these recipes visit: www.ajhtheuntamedchef.com…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Report
…Road, BLH counts were higher, with 4-5 adults and 5-6 nymphs per sweep. The host plants in that field were purslane, goosefoot, and some Bassia. Tomatoes where surveys were conducted…
Mason Jar Recycling
…Lorax” (except without all the deforestation), a simple and unassuming mason jar actually has dozens of uses outside of just canning tomatoes and jam. Want to get some ideas for…
The California Kitchen: Tomato Sauce
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing tomato sauce with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: Salt Pork Onion Celery Carrot Fresh Tomatoes…
Farmers Markets Must Visit List
…heirloom tomatoes and just-picked strawberries. Super-sweet peaches shaped like mini UFOs. Artisanal cheeses, emerald-green olive oils, local wildflower honey—California’s farmers’ markets are culinary adventures, a chance to see, taste, and…
Agri View: Consuming GMO Crops
…eat and the world we live in. In the brave new world of genetic engineering, Dean DellaPenna envisions this cornucopia: tomatoes and broccoli bursting with cancer-fighting chemicals and vitamin-enhanced crops…
Fresno County Ag Value Declines in 2015
…million 4. Cattle & Calves 2015 – $551.989 million 2014 – $574.875 million 5. Tomatoes 2015 – $520.146 million 2014 – $524.349 million 6. Milk 2015 – $436.765 million 2014…
Honeybee Population Revival
…including blueberries, apples, oranges, squash, tomatoes and almonds. What is Pollination? Pollination occurs when pollen grains from a flower’s male parts (anthers) are moved to the female part (stigma) of…
Office of Farm to Fork Builds Bridges
…the diverse microclimates of the state and witness everything from tomatoes to roaming cattle to almond orchards. Yet despite this bounty, many Californians remain food insecure, with hunger and proper…
Overachieving Garden
…sweet potatoes or tomatoes. What’s more, is that dehydrating completely changes the texture and intensifies the flavor of stuff. Kale and sweet potatoes become chips. Tomatoes become compact bursts of…
Drought Resistant Plants
…diseases). But some tomatoes are more drought tolerant than others. Those famous dry-farmed tomatoes are typically a variety called Early Girl, though Brandywine, Black Krim, and most any variety of…
Agri View: Farm Trends
…a farmer’s livestock, soybeans, or heirloom green zebra tomatoes, plus government assistance, equals gross cash income. Gross farm income, on the other hand, is tricky because it includes anything a…
Climate Smart Israel – to Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee
…the major crops in the world: wheat, soybeans, rice, corn, canola, tomatoes and peppers. Top Seeds is its subsidiary that specializes in vegetable seeds. The company’s plant breeding process can…