Climate Smart Israel – California delegation set to learn about conservation strategies in a semi-arid land by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Huge fields of red…
2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…business dreams a reality. That story’s ahead on This Land of Ours. 2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge From: American Farm Bureau Federation Applications for the 2017 Challenge are NOW OPEN! Don’t…
Western View: Use a Plow, Go to Jail?
…Act clearly exempts normal farming practices. Moreover, the implementing regulations state that plowing is never subject to the Act, so long as it does not convert wetlands to dry land….
Cage Free Egg
…egg industry, and what this will mean for producers. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Cage Free Egg From: The Poultry Site What do Egg Producers Think of…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…Land and the Save the Redwoods League, both based in San Francisco. These organizations are working collaboratively to conserve thousands of acres of redwood forestland in Northern California. Protecting Blue…
FARMS Students Report on Agriculture
…Sabrina Hill talked to the students about agriculture journalism and the differences between radio and print mediums. The FARMS Leadership Program is a project under the Center for Land Based…
Attorney Comments on Ruling in Duarte/WOTUS Lawsuit
A U.S. District Court judge rules that soil is a pollutant, a plow is a point source of pollution, and that sometimes dry land is navigable water. This is the…
Food Safe Technology
…Land of Ours. Food Safe Technology From: USDA Agriculture Research Service Research Project: Intervention Technologies for Minimally Processed Foods Objective: 1. Develop new effective chemical and physical decontamination interventions for…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…and trait improvement on land currently cultivated rather than committing new land to cultivation. As for other major crops, a well annotated reference genome sequence will be an invaluable resource…
National Weed Your Garden Day
Cathy Isom lets us know why we will want to set aside some extra time for our garden today. That story is ahead on This Land of Ours. National Weed…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…use of fuel. Dolcini also toured Mead Ranch, a dryland wheat farm, in Columbia County. The operation participates in CRP, removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production in order to…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…Hopland in the video below: The need for skilled sheep shearers in California and other parts of the nation has prompted the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center to host…
DIY Potting Mix
Cathy Isom tells us how we can think outside the garden and create our own potting mix. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. DIY Potting Mix What It…
Agri View: Small Towns
…in July 2015—14 percent of U.S. residents spread across 72 percent of the Nation’s land area. Annual population losses averaged 33,000 per year between 2010 and 2014, but dropped to…