Farming

The $9 million in federal funding will help peach farmers in the Central Valley who’ve been left with no buyer for their fruit following the bankruptcy of Del Monte Foods.

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The senator is serving on the Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. He's been touring the state to hear agricultural concerns across California.

Host Jennifer Jewell had the great joy of visiting Wild Dreams Farm & Seed this past summer and is so pleased to welcome Jen Williams to Cultivating Place this week on the seasonal harvest-to-winter transition, life-and-death-and-life-again-cycle celebration day of All Hallows Eve/Samhain.

Farmers in California are trying to plant crops that don’t require a lot of water. Some are turning to growing agave as a response to a warming state.

A new report says California will have a smaller almond crop this year. Also, dozens of bills are in limbo, and California is experimenting with guaranteed income pilot programs.