06/03/2024 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
Who else was stealing? Conspiracy plea deepens mystery in San Joaquin Valley water heist
Dennis Falaschi's plea agreement marks a jarring twist in a criminal case that has captivated farmers in the San Joaquin Valley — and raises a host of questions about who, exactly, engineered the long-running federal water theft and who benefited.
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04/08/2024 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
Groups seek to ban large-scale animal farming in Sonoma County
Animal rights activists are promoting a ballot initiative that would ban factory farming in Sonoma County. Large farming interests are not happy.
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04/02/2024 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
Will Southern California be the 'Napa Valley of coffee'?
California's first coffee harvest was just five years ago, and though the nascent crop is still small — production is expected to be six to eight times what it was last year.
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02/15/2024 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
Will Southern California be the 'Napa Valley of coffee'?
California's first coffee harvest was just five years ago, and though the nascent crop is still small — production is expected to be six to eight times what it was last year.
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02/15/2024 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
'I felt violated': Beekeeper offers $100,000 reward in brazen Fresno beehive thefts
Commercial beekeeper Andrew Strehlow estimates he's had 1,000 hives stolen over the years. The latest theft, of 96 hives from a Fresno County orchard, was his last straw.
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10/05/2023 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
UC Irvine researchers study bumblebee gut microbes to help save the bees
UCI assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Tobin Hammer and his team of researchers are studying how certain pathogens affect bumblebees through their gut.
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03/09/2023 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
Cuba tobacco farmers recuperate after ruinous Hurricane Ian
Six months after Hurricane Ian devastated 80% of the region’s tobacco infrastructure, farmers are trying to recuperate.
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Topics: Beef Cattle, GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Biotech, Ranching,
We are all likely aware of this news, but I had not previously read the Associated Press release.
Gene-edited beef cattle receive regulatory clearance in U.S.
The FDA clears the way for the sale of beef from gene-edited cattle after concluding the animals do not raise any safety concerns.
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Topics: Water, Environment, Climate Change,
Climate crisis and systemic inequities drive push to reform California water laws
‘We are in a time of crisis’: Experts launch effort to update California water laws in the face of climate change and historic injustices
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08/05/2021 SOURCE: www.latimes.com
Bacongate: How a new law may affect breakfast plates in California
A new California law set to begin at the start of 2022 has some fearing that bacon may become scarce in the state.
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