Despite increases in human population and agricultural production, new national data show meaningful progress in reducing nutrient pollution sources across...
By Mark DeGraff, Knee Deep Times If you visit any Bay Area farmers’ market during the dog days of summer, odds are you’ll find bins labeled “dry-farmed tomatoes.” The red, golf-ball sized tomatoes grow and ripen during the summer drought...
UC-led research on promising agricultural practice recently lost federal funding By Michael Hsu, UC Ag and Natural Resources It almost seems too simple to be true. Silicate rock, during the natural process of breaking down in soil, draws carbon from...
Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the...
The state’s farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting agricultural land. The goal of a bill proposed by Assembly Democrat Buffy Wicks is to seed solar farms on fallowed fields. By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story...
By Srabani Das and Sara Rosenberg The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources-UC Merced Symposium ‘Regenerative Agriculture: The way forward’ on July 1 brought together stakeholders to showcase regenerative agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley. The symposium was an...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara We often think about climate change in terms of temperature projections and sea-level rise. But it also reflects land use, as conditions will influence where people live, how much land is put to use...
