Food Blog

In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of backyard poultry farms as people have taken an increased interest in farming. With raising these animals comes new challenges in taking care of them and ensuring they stay healthy.

The International Conference on Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production (DIGICROP) will be held March 28-30. The conference is a fully remote event with presentations in video format followed by discussions.

A supportive environment can bring out the best in an individual even for a bird. After an E.coli outbreak in 2006 devastated the spinach industry, farmers were pressured to remove natural habitat to keep wildlife and the foodborne pathogens they can sometimes carry from visiting crops.

Grape growers and other industry members interested in grape production and water management in vineyards are invited to UC Cooperative Extension's Grapevine Drought Preparedness Workshops. The workshops will be held in person on Friday, March 4, in San Luis Obispo and Friday, April 1, in Hopland.

California growers, who account for more than 90% of avocado production in the U.S., will soon be getting some help in weathering the extreme fluctuations of climate change.