…you’re reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2 kilograms, compared to buying from the store. Interestingly, their study also found that composting at home didn’t necessarily calculate to greenhouse gas savings….
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…than $44 million in competitive grants for 61 projects that are restoring water quality and wetlands, reducing polluted runoff, and greening development in San Francisco Bay and its watersheds. These…
Farm Organizations Challenge Dannon and Other Food Companies
…the last 20 years while greatly reducing the carbon footprint of American agriculture.” Mooney “This is just marketing puffery, not any true innovation that improves the actual product offered to…
Preventing Straying of Adult Sacramento River Salmon
…the Ridge Cut, but the rescue efforts are inefficient and stressful for fish, significantly reducing their chance of successfully spawning. Both the Knights Landing Outfall Gates and Wallace Weir fish…
Western View: This year, it’s La Nina
…early October and we’ve already had a light dusting of snow in the high country and at least the threat of a few showers in the north valley. But we…
Forestry Experts Say Tree Mortality Brings Added Risk
…Federation, said Farm Bureau has been actively engaged in addressing the state’s tree mortality challenges, as well as reducing fire hazards in California forests. As part of a drought-preparedness effort…
State Proposes Regulation on Pesticide Use
…child day-care facilities from Monday through Friday between 6am and 6pm. These include all applications by aircraft, sprinklers, air-blast and all fumigant applications. In addition most dust and/or powder pesticide…
Preliminary Extension of Deregulation to Two GE Potato Lines
…by J.R. Simplot Company for late blight resistance, low acrylamide potential, reduced black spot bruising, and lowered reducing sugars. APHIS previously reviewed and deregulated these GE traits in other GE…
Farm Groups Cautious of Merger Trend
…the continued trend of consolidation is adding to rural job loss, increasing costs for producers, and reducing competition among only a few companies in each sector. “The nation’s antitrust enforcement…
Research Targets Olive Knot Strategies
…bacterium. Therefore, reducing the number of knots on infected olive trees, will work to reduce the level of disease in an orchard but most importantly prevention is the key focus…
New National Offshore Wind Strategy to Drive Deployment
…over the next five years to address those challenges. These actions fall into three strategic areas: Reducing technical costs and risks. DOI proposes the joint development of standard data collection…
Support for the Salton Sea
…million in voter-approved bond funds to restore habitat and suppress dust at the lake in the near term, but greater investment by multiple agencies will be needed. Today’s agreement between…
Human Brain Evolution Not Possible Without Eating Meat
…a vegan diet is less land intensive, NPPC says reducing the amount of meat products does not necessarily free more land for cultivation. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…money, because there are some equally good greenhouse gas-reducing programs out there, but we think policymakers need to look at what the short-term, immediate crisis need is first,” said Julee…