We are blowing what may be our last chance to halt bird flu
The outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza among U.S. dairy cows, first reported on March 25, has now spread to at least 33 herds in eight states. Genetic evidence of the …
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Sites Reservoir project is huge boondoggle with harmful effects
When Californians voted for Proposition 1 in 2014, they had every reason to expect sound investments in climate-resilient water projects. And all but one of the projects selected to receive …
Is our food system built on poop?
Susanne Rust | Los Angeles Times (TNS) If it’s true that you are what you eat, then most beef-eating Americans consist of a smattering of poultry feathers, urine, feces, wood …
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer
Patrick Holden strolls across the field, pausing from time to time to bend and point out a bumblebee, or a white butterfly, or a dung beetle. A wide expanse of …
Monterey County agriculture officials sued over farm chemicals near Latino schools
Hailey Branson-Potts | (TNS) Los Angeles Times For Nelly Vaquera-Boggs, the plastic tarps that cover strawberry fields in Monterey County, California, when they are being fumigated with toxic chemicals offer …
Half Moon Bay shooting survivor files lawsuit
HALF MOON BAY — Just more than a year after losing his brother and nearly losing his own life in a mass shooting that spanned two Half Moon Bay farms, …
Why climate change on the farm means a high cost for Canadian taxpayers
To get an idea of the financial toll extreme weather is taking on this country’s agriculture industry, look no further than the government of Saskatchewan’s books. The prairie province had …
Billionaires planning Solano County ‘California Forever’ utopia score big win
The Silicon Valley billionaires trying to build a utopian city in Solano County scored a major win in court against landowners they accused of conspiring to inflate the prices of …
With organic fields next door, conventional farms dial up the pesticide use, California study finds
By MELINA WALLING | Associated Press Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found …
How California’s solution for methane gas backfires on farmers
Talk to any family farmer and we will tell you: Every year, keeping the business running gets harder. For many of us, family farming has been passed down for generations. …