A conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Diana Marcum
For many Californians – and many people around the nation – Diana Marcum has emerged as one of the key voices talking about the state’s punishing drought. A writer for …
Experiment in Irvine takes crops’ water use to a new low
In the Southern California community of Irvine, vital water research is taking place at a 200-acre University of California research center. Darren Haver, the director of UC’s South Coast Research …
School lunch battle creates unlikely alliances
Does the Healthy Schools Meal Act reflect a “nanny state” mentality, or is the policy vital to the health of the nation’s school children? Those are two of the questions …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: a Q & A …
Q&A: Chris Sayer, Ventura County farmer and entrepreneur
” One of the real values for local food – and I would love to see more – is it helps to connect our neighbors to the issues surrounding agriculture. …
Near groundwater zero, a farmer draws on his resolve
From all the day’s news about California’s drought, this emerges: a deeply moving piece about Adam Toledo, a young farmer from near Terra Bella, in California’s Central Valley. His well …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: a Q & A …
California orders mandatory water rationing
California Governor Jerry Brown took executive action on Wednesday, ordering the California Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory water use restrictions across the state, with a 25% reduction identified. …
Immigration reform dreams have soured for dairy producers
Stalled immigration reform efforts in congress are impacting dairy farmers in central and upstate New York. The increasing popularity of yogurt – coupled with drought in other milk-producing countries – …
Weekend op-eds: A farm shift in China…and in North Dakota
One of the best things about weekends is (perhaps) more time to read op-ed pieces. Two of the weekend’s best discuss the consolidation of small family farms into large-scale agribusinesses. …