Category Archives: Agriculture

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Plan Hit With Flood of Lawsuits

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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Several opposing groups have filed at least four lawsuits against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that was adopted in May. The suits, filed over the course of the past … Continue reading »


Environmentalists: Chinese Dairy Demand Could Wreak Havoc on Central Valley Air, Water

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By Susanne Rust and Serene Fang, The Center for Investigative Reporting A growing demand for milk and cheese in China has the potential to bring California’s beleaguered dairy industry back to life – and with it, renewed concern about its … Continue reading »


Sonoma Deal Aims to Combine Logging and Preservation

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Can you preserve a forest by logging it? A land conservation group thinks so. The Conservation Fund announced Monday that, along with some partners, it had acquired 19,645 acres of forest in Sonoma County. The land had been slated for … Continue reading »


News Pix: Bay to Breakers Rules and SF Citizen Scientists Take Over McLaren Park

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San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr demonstrates the size of bags that Bay to Breakers race participants are permitted to carry this weekend. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)   Pancho Ramos-Stierle, an Occupy the Farm supporter, held plant starts that survived a UC … Continue reading »


Point Reyes Oyster Farm Gets Its Day in Court

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(BCN) Calling Drakes Bay Oyster Co. a "shining example of sustainable agriculture," a lawyer for the business urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to allow the company to keep operating. Attorney Amber Abbasi argued that former U.S. … Continue reading »


Police Raid Removes Occupy Protesters from UC Tract in Albany; Four Arrests

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by Emilie Raguso, Berkeleyside Update, 1:42 p.m. A UC Berkeley spokeswoman said four people were arrested Monday as the university resumed control of land in Albany’s University Village that had been taken over by Occupy the Farm activists who said … Continue reading »


Bay Area's Small Farmers Take to Selling Excess Crops Online

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CropMobster grew organically, like everything else at Sonoma County’s Bloomfield Farms. The website connects individuals and nonprofits with food producers who offer items for deep discount or donation and, in the process, help tackle the perennial problem of waste. “Food … Continue reading »


Drake's Bay Oyster Farm Owner Says It Was 'Planned for the Seashore'

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In the controversy over the Drake's Bay Oyster Farm, one question has stood out. What did the Lunny family think would happen when their lease ran out at Point Reyes National Seashore? The lease had a clear expiration date: November … Continue reading »


California Has a Lot at Stake in 'Gang of 8' Immigration Bill

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers known as the "Gang of Eight" formally filed an 844-page immigration bill on the U.S. Senate floor Wednesday. California has a lot at stake in the outcome — and not just because it’s home to … Continue reading »


Video: Do The Terms 'Cage-Free' and 'Free Range' Mean Anything?

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Have you ever stood bewildered in the grocery aisle doing your socially conscious best to figure out which eggs come from chickens not in cages, which come from those with access to the outdoors and which were provided with HBO? … Continue reading »