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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Meet a former NFL player who chose farming instead – from CBS News

This is a profile in 2014 of Jason Brown, who walked away from an NFL career to become a farmer with a commitment to feed the hungry.

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The “Iron Wolf” and whole orchard recycling – from the California Almond Board

California almond growers are examining new ways to deal with tree biomass produced by the removal of old orchards other than cogeneration burning. While sending the biomass to cogeneration converts the wood to electricity, returning the wood back to the … Continue reading

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Converting Feed to Dairy Foods, illustrated

Link to California Dairy Research Foundation

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New central kitchen for Oakland schools to provide fresh, locally sourced meals – from insidebayarea.com

(NOTE – a related video follows this story) By Joyce Tsai Fourth-grader Kali Jefferson sat in the Prescott Elementary School lunchroom surrounded by a coterie of friends, the only one among them who hadn’t brown-bagged it that day. “It smells … Continue reading

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California snowpack update from the National Weather Service

Link to National Weather Service

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UC Davis experts evaluate water year, so far

From the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences January 2016 (was) much wetter than the previous Januaries during this drought. Precipitation is modestly above average, as is snowpack, and climatic conditions remain promising. The largest reservoirs are mostly fuller than … Continue reading

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Women expand their home on the range – from the Washington Post

By Elizabeth Zach Although Laura Jean Schneider comes from four generations of Midwest farmers, she is uncertain sometimes about her agricultural acumen. For the past two years, she has ranched cattle across 100,000 acres on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in … Continue reading

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