…open-air soil-reliant crops cannot be stacked into storied facilities. In what follows, the construction of a series of hydroponic agriculture and algaculture (multi-level) facilities and power plant/greenhouse desalination facilities is…
NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component
…for the collection and dissemination of information on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The assessment will also help dairy producers identify potential efficiency gains and cost savings, offering…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
Cal Poly Pomona College of Agriculture announces the opening of a new 5,040-square-foot research and insect production greenhouse to help control the Asian citrus psyllid. The greenhouse was planned in…
UCCE Helps Hmong Farmers Weather Drought
…pump test and a plan for redesigning the irrigation system to result in reduced water use and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. “There are a lot of calculations to do,” Yang…
Legislation Help for Dairy Farmers
…voluntarily set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fluid milk by 25 percent by 2020, and has since undertaken several projects intended to help meet that goal….
New Greenhouse Aids ACP Control
A new Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) research greenhouse will open next week. Citrus leaders say the facility will aid natural ACP control efforts. Cal Poly Pomona Opens Research and Insect…
Western View: Calling Out Media Bias
…was a guest editorial that claimed the meat industry was responsible for 18 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. This number has been used widely by people opposed to…
Sweet Summer Fruit
…best peach-buying skills in the land. When you’re ready to grill, prepare a a gas or charcoal grill to medium heat (you should be able to hold your hand about…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
…goal of the AFRI Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change Challenge Area is to reduce the use of energy, nitrogen, and water, while also reducing greenhouse…
Safe Fruit and Juice
…the greenhouse. Image courtesy of USDA/ARS The American tree fruit industry is facing challenges of climate change, reductions in available labor, global competition, the need for reduced chemical inputs, the…
Stanford Study on Salinity of Deep Groundwater
…of these deep groundwater resources are vulnerable to contamination from oil/gas and other human activities. Our findings provide the first estimates, to our knowledge, of underground sources of drinking water…
More Groundwater Found in Central Valley
…state is increasingly turning to groundwater supplies. In the new study, Jackson and Kang used data from 938 oil and gas pools and more than 35,000 oil and gas wells…
Western View: Reason for National Monuments
…trend continues. More than a dozen cases were reported in 2015. Next, there’s renewed interest in oil and gas development, as well as potash mining. These activities would forever mar…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…should only be used by a certified applicator or someone under the certified applicator’s direct supervision. Snowden Enterprises distributed ‘The Fruit Doctor’ pesticide as compressed sulfur dioxide gas in cylinders…