California is one of the sunniest states in America, receiving 5,050 kJ/m² of sunlight and 284 sunny days every year. Even Florida, the Sunshine State itself, can’t compete with those numbers. With all that daylight at its disposal, California has also become a potential home for agrivoltaics. What, exactly, is […]

Move over, Covid-19; there’s a new quarantine in town. Nearly 80 square miles of Los Angeles County have been placed under a produce quarantine, which warns residents not to move fruits and vegetables from their homes. Why? Because more than two-dozen Tau fruit flies have been discovered on farms in […]

Organic growers across the country may be receiving some much-needed assistance from Washington, D.C, during the coming months. The Organic Science and Research Investment Act was introduced in early July by a group of senators representing the American Northwest, Northeast, and Midwest. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill farm bill. Once approved […]

We’ve already talked about the importance of carbon farming, a set of conservation management techniques that help store carbon, improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gasses, and create protective habitats for our landscape’s friendly pollinators. Now, thanks to the Healthy Soils Program, the state of California will work with growers and […]

During the years ahead, many basins in the San Joaquin Valley will likely need to reduce their groundwater pumping in order to deal with severe drought conditions and still meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

Hundreds of Canadian wildfires left much of America’s east coast shrouded in smoke last week. As fire fighters continue to monitor the damage in Quebec, growers in California should take the opportunity to review their own fire safety protocols and evacuation plans. After all, California currently averages 2,226 wildfires per […]