Inside the East Oakland Plant Nursery That’s Breaking the Incarceration Cycle
“Nobody's got our kind of re-entry program that mixes soil, re-entry, healing, and good pay,” says Planting Justice's operations manager, Lynn Vidal.
Farming and Ranching
The Rewilding of California’s Parched Central Valley
As SGMA deadlines loom, groundwater sustainability agencies, environmental organizations, and farmers in the San Joaquin Valley are scrambling to prepare for a drier future by experimenting with ways to repurpose fallow farmland.
Birds Flock to a Resurrected Tulare Lake, Peaking at Nearly the Size of Lake Tahoe
The resurrected Tulare Lake and thousands of acres of nearby flooded farmland are providing a temporary respite for the millions of migratory birds that pass through California along the Pacific Flyway every year.
Raptors Rather Than Rodenticide
Replacing pesticides with barn owls for rodent control was one of several innovations that marked a new appetite for more environmentally sustainable production in California vineyards.
When It’s Too Hot for Food to Grow
Central Valley temperatures are expected to stick near 110 for the next three days, making life difficult for important crops.
Solar Power or Open Space? North Livermore Project Reveals California’s Green Fault Lines
Looking at the North Livermore Valley, it’s easy to forget that three of California’s largest cities lie less than an hour’s drive away. In late winter and early spring, the rural valley’s open pastures, cradled by rolling hills and dotted … Read more
A New Plan for Ranching at Point Reyes and What it Means for the Future of the Seashore
Is commercial agriculture part of Point Reyes National Seashore's essential character?
Why California is Banning Chlorpyrifos, a Widely Used Pesticide: 5 Questions Answered
California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children.
The Largest Land Sale in California
An ecological history of a massive ranch for sale in the Bay Area.
Photo Essay: The Vegan Trout
Fish raised on farms generally eat their ground-up oceanic cousins. A farm in Susanville is trying to change that.
