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Category Archives: Agriculture
West Oakland Activist Honored by the White House
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West Oakland activist Dana Harvey has been honored by the White House as one of 11 "Champions of Change," who've worked to improve healthy food access. Harvey helped bring farm fresh produce to West Oakland's food desert as the executive … Continue reading
Raw Milk From Fresno County Dairy Recalled
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Raw milk and cream from a Fresno County dairy are being recalled after tests found the bacteria campylobacter in the cream. The California Department of Food and Agriculture said on Wednesday it is recalling Grade A … Continue reading
Michael Pollan Responds to Study Finding 'No Significant Health Benefit' to Organic Food
You may have heard the NPR story this morning about the meta-study from Stanford University, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, which found "no significant health benefit" to organic food. As physician R Dena Bravata, the study's co-author, told … Continue reading
New Book Discounts Theory of Marijuana as Top US Cash Crop
by Michael Montgomery, California Watch For years, legalization advocates have argued that marijuana is America’s leading cash crop, outranking corn, wheat, soy and a host of other heartland staples produced on an industrial scale. Bringing pot production above ground, the … Continue reading
Berkeleyside Podcast: What's Up With All Those Chickens in Town?
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Our news associate Berkeleyside has put up a series of podcasts, complete with photos, and here's the latest. It asks the very Berkeley question: what's up with all those chickens in town? You can subscribe to the Berkeleyside podcast here.
Calif. Food Processor Recalls More Onions, Celery
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OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California grower and food processing firm has expanded its voluntarily recall of packaged onions and celery because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Oxnard-based Gills Onions … Continue reading
Water Wars Set to Reignite as Governor Moves Ahead with Massive Water Plan
On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar are expected to announce a multi-billion dollar plan designed to fix California’s longstanding water war in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Their proposal for a 35-mile water tunnel is set to … Continue reading
San Francisco Foie Gras Scofflaw Defends Itself
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Q: When is a California restaurant not a California restaurant? A: When it's on federal land. That, at least is the reasoning behind the decision of the Presidio Social Club to serve foie gras in seeming defiance of the new … Continue reading
Get Ready For Pie-a-Day This Summer!
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Yes, you like pie, but do you loooooove it? Evan Kleiman of KCRW's Good Food looooooves it. So much so, she's been making and eating a different pie every day for three, soon-to-be four summers. On July 5th, Kleiman will … Continue reading
Sudden Oak Death Map Released
Have you got an oak in your backyard? Then you may want to know how much longer it's likely to escape the scourge that is steadily wiping out California's signature trees. The University of California, Berkeley's Forest Pathology and Micology … Continue reading
