farming

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

Yurok Tribe signs historic MOU to help salmon populations

Contributed photo: CalTrout Executive Director Curtis Knight, CalTrout Mount Shasta-Klamath Regional Director Damon Goodman, Andrew Hurlimann (current FDC president), Sam…

2 years ago

Harvest Water Program Awarded $277.5 Million in Prop. 1 Funds

Multi-purpose Project Will Use Up to 50,000 Acre-feet of Recycled Water for Irrigation in South Sacramento County PRESS RELEASE Regional…

2 years ago

Stanford researchers create model to help farmers reduce water usage

Dried plants and parched ground are seen outside Stanford in this 2014 Daily file photo. (Photo: KATHERINE CARR/The Stanford Daily)…

2 years ago