Press release from the Union of Concerned Scientists Integrating solar energy with agricultural production can bring economic and environmental benefits for farmers and rural communities, according to a new fact sheet released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)....
New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels. By Laura Biron, Berkeley Lab Key Takeaways Agricultural residues and wastes...
The Golden State’s leaders have ambitious strategies in mind to manage precious groundwater. But scientists and landowners say that partnerships will be the only way forward as the state is further burdened by climate change. By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News...
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert For multiple years, Simon Vander Woude’s Merced County dairy farm has served as a refuge for an imperiled bird species that has increasingly looked to agricultural fields as a nesting ground. By agreeing to delay...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Cover crops could be an important tool in groundwater management but are being unintentionally disincentivized by groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs,) according to a new study. GSAs haven’t done enough analysis or incentivization of cover crops,...
