agriculture

Groundwater recharge: farm groups laud LandFlex grants

State awards $17 million for groundwater sustainability projects. Photo: Groundwater recharge projects are among those supported by California's LandFlex program.…

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Addressing the Environmental Impact of Cannabis Cultivation: A Focus on Sustainable Practices

Growing cannabis, both indoors or outdoors, impacts the environment in several significant ways and one challenge of today’s cultivators is…

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Flowing Downhill to Money

Photo: PGHolbrook How Corporate Growers Are Using Taxpayer Funds to Seize California’s Water The Central Valley Project — the sprawling…

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B.C. drought: ‘If you’re using water you don’t need right now, it’s cutting into your food security’

Photo: Amid a B.C.-wide drought, two corn plants in an Abbotsford field struggle to survive. Farmers face crop loss, feed…

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Strawberry fields forever? Production leaves long-term plastic pollution

Photo: polyethylene mulched strawberry fields, San Luis Obispo, CA. Credit: Seeta Sistla Researchers have found that the plastic mulch used…

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