Water
Bredesen Asks Counties be Declared Agricultural Disaster Areas
Gov. Phil Bredesen has requested a federal designation of agricultural disaster for Greene County and 27 other Tennessee counties to help farmers who have suffered crop and livestock losses as a result of persistent drought... more »
California Agriculture can Thrive While Conserving Water
California farmers can grow more food and fiber with less water, according to a new analysis released by the Pacific Institute, Oakland, California. Pacific Institute more »
Farmers see ‘More Money Invested, More Money Lost’ During Drought
For most people in the mountains, the persistent drought has been, at most, an inconvenience - they can't water their lawns or wash their cars. Citizen-Times.com more »
Luna Circle Farm Keeps its Owner Busy
On the road toward a master's degree in accounting, Tricia Bross took a detour and arrived at a somewhat different destination. Now a grower and marketer of organic vegetables and herbs from her small Wisconsin... more »
California Water Crisis Threatens its Fruit and Vegetables
Ron Jacobsma, general manager of the Friant Water Authority, called it a "double whammy" on California's water supply: A record drought that started last year and shows no sign of stopping, and a court-ordered reduction... more »
Cleaning up the Salmonella Mess will Take a Long Time
OK, so it wasn't tomatoes after all. It was peppers. Wasn't it? I'm confused. For several weeks, I've been following the outbreak of Salmonella saintpaul that has sickened thousands, and I still don't know what... more »
Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Irrigation Water
The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said Wednesday. msnbc.com more »
How Industry Lobbying Slowed Salmonella Search
About two years ago, we - the California Progress Report and I - started alerting readers to the under-reported dangers of pathogen-laced vegetables and the use of tertiary treated sewage effluent (recycled water) to irrigate... more »
Texas Farms are Suffering From a Labor Crisis
American farmers are living an unfolding labor crisis so much worse than a drought or a flood or a plague of locusts. dallasnews.com more »
’Buy Local’ is More Than Just a Marketing Gimmick
If you're older than 50, you probably remember when "buy local" might have been a slogan you used if you were involved in a boycott of bananas, oranges and iceberg lettuce. Not that many years... more »
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