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By Claire Leschin-Hoar It was a single limb on a walnut tree that had withered and died. A small loss, and one Craig McNamara (President of the CA State Board of Food and Agriculture) could have easily missed during his … Continue reading →

A Drought Forum hosted in Fresno by the California State Board of Food and Agriculture is now underway. A live stream of the meeting is available. The link will take viewers to the web site of the Governor’s Office of … Continue reading →

  By John Holland The Fanelli Dairy has 750 cows that produce milk – and a far larger number of worms that turn out something else of value. The farm is taking part in a research project using worms to … Continue reading →

By Craig McNamara, President, California State Board of Food and Agriculture  Tomorrow (May 5), the California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be hosting a drought forum at the Big Fresno Fair (10 am-1 pm) to  to hear from … Continue reading →

                              Calaveras Co. Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee 5/14/2015 to 5/17/2015 Angels Camp, CA Chowchilla-Madera County Fair 5/14/2015 to 5/17/2015 Chowchilla, CA Contra Costa County Fair … Continue reading →

Because there are inevitably going to be those people who cannot stand to have something even one second after other people can get it, one company has started offering up chickens for rent, giving poultry hipsters a chance to get … Continue reading →

The University of California, Davis, ranks No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in agriculture and forestry as well as veterinary sciences, according to data released today by QS World University Rankings. This is the third consecutive year … Continue reading →

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an executive order to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any government in North America to reduce … Continue reading →

By Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture A recent survey by the Farm Water Coalition indicated that 41 percent of California’s irrigated farmland will lose 80 percent of its surface water in 2015 due to cutbacks because … Continue reading →