South Sacramento Valley Processing Tomato Production Meeting When: Thursday, January 10, 2019 Time: 7:45am to 12:00pm Where: Woodland Community Center (2001 East Street, Woodland, CA 95776).
NEWS RELEASE December 9, 2018 Successful soil health field day held in Meridian, CA - December 6th! A highly successful and engaging public field day dedicated to soil health and what annual crop farmers can do to improve soil health while also mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from their fields w...
Join us on December 6 in Meridian to launch our Healthy Soils Cover Crop Project! Soil Health and Cover Crop Field Day Meridian, CA December 6, 2018 ~ 8:30-11:00am 8:30 am Coffee and Registration 9:00 am Welcome and Project Overview Gas Sampling Equipment Demonstration Amber Vinchesi and Sarah Light...
In English. La miel de abeja, por favor pasen la miel! Esa simple peticin, precedida de una expresin de cario, por si acaso, significa que hay miel de abeja en la mesa. Y debe de haber. Como hija, nieta y bisnieta (y ms all) de apicultores, crec con miel de abeja en la mesa.
Honey, please pass the honey! That simple request, prefaced with a term of endearment for good measure, means there's honey on the table. And well there should be. As the daughter, granddaughter and great-great granddaughter (and beyond) of beekeepers, I grew up with honey on the table.
Organic farmer Phil Foster has developed a creative way to nurture the soil on his 200-acre farm near Hollister. He plants cover crops in a single line at the top of the planting bed, saving water and seed while keeping the furrows clear for irrigation.
Evocative is the word that comes to mind when I see canna lilies. I have visions of jungles, plants with giant unfurling leaves, sunshine and bright red, yellow, pink or fiery orange flowers.
As some readers may know, I put out a quarterly newsletter (The New Foothill Rancher in Placer and Nevada Counties; The New Ranch Update in Sutter and Yuba Counties).