Mario Sifuentez on Mexican Labor in Pacific Northwest
I first met Mario Sifuentez at a meeting at UC Merced a few years ago. We were part of a UC Merced/UC Agriculture and Natural Resources team framing a digital …
Mario Sifuentez on Mexican Labor in Pacific Northwest
I first met Mario Sifuentez at a meeting at UC Merced a few years ago. We were part of a UC Merced/UC Agriculture and Natural Resources team framing a digital …
“In short, the continuation and evolution of organic agriculture belongs to young producers, but they need to understand and not dismiss it as being something taken over by big corporations …
A machine that turns grocery waste into liquid fertilizer?
Approximately 40% of food in the United States – about $165 billion each year – is wasted. Much of that food ends up in landfills. In addition to being an …
With discussions of alternate sources of protein in the news, this episode of Gastropod seems incredibly relevant. The team travels to rural Washington State to learn how to raise snails. …
Calculating your water footprint
The California drought is dominating the news. Washington and Oregon have also declared drought emergencies. The list goes on. And the water situation is not likely to get better: “water …
A highly pathogenic form of avian influenza has been found in a commercial turkey flock in Stanislaus County, California. Two influenza viruses had previously been found in migratory birds and …