El Dorado County Local News: Agriculture & Gardening

05/22/2023
South Lake Tahoe's 77-year-old trout farm was "well and truly dedicated" to be preserved by the Native Sons of the Golden West.

05/17/2023
Placerville community projects will soon see an influx of nearly $100,000, courtesy of the coin contributed to the city’s coffers by cannabis companies. The Placerville City Council approved a list of projects selected to receive funds from the Cannabis Community Benefit Tax.

05/15/2023
Gael Michael Barsotti and his family were honored in April with the Farm Family of the Year Award by the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce. “We couldn’t live in a better place,” Barsotti said. “We’ve been here a long time.”

05/01/2023
The Placerville City Council saw a significant turnout of farmers, merchants and locals looking to speak about the decision to move the Wednesday night farmers market away from the Bell Tower. Parking, safety, finances and communication were the main themes, with suggested solutions and counterpoints coming from both sides.

04/17/2023
South Lake Tahoe's City Council recently approved funding for the 2023 Community Benefit Grant Program in the amount of $400,000 from Cannabis Community Benefit Fees.

04/17/2023
The Placerville City Council decided to hold an additional public meeting regarding the Main Street Farmers Market, a month after voting to relocate the event to the Mooney Lot.

04/10/2023
State Senate District 4 Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, who serves on the Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry, met with several El Dorado County women with connections to the wine industry to talk about the issues that impact them the most.

03/15/2023
Approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors, acting El Dorado County Agriculture Commissioner LeeAnne Mila will become the permanent commissioner and sealer of weights and measures effective March 11.

02/10/2023
The El Dorado County Fair Association is chipping away at improvements, including the acquisition of property for additional parking.

02/01/2023
California has given the federal government its own counterproposal for apportioning reductions of Colorado River water, saying a plan offered by six other states would disproportionately burden farms and cities in Southern California.

01/24/2023
Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville boasts a classic Japanese garden as one of the 16 individual gardens on display.

12/11/2022
Stanford scientists have genetically re-programmed plants to grow roots that change how they gather nutrients or water.

11/24/2022
Drought, human-caused climate change, invasive species and a “legacy” of environmental issues are permanently altering California’s landscape and placing some communities and ecosystems at increasing risk.

11/24/2022
In the fall, rice fields in the Sacramento Valley usually shine golden brown as they await harvesting. This year, however, many fields were left covered with bare dirt.

11/08/2022
The El Dorado American Viticulture Area in the Sierra foothills just finished bringing in wine grapes from the 2022 vintage. The AVA's vineyards are planted between 1,100 and 3,500 feet in elevation.

11/01/2022
Linda and Stewart Resnick have donated $50 million to UC Davis for an agricultural research center—the largest donation in the campus’s history—but the couple’s Wonderful Company is the state’s single biggest water user.

10/30/2022
Now that the El Dorado County Planning Commission approved unanimously to amend its county zoning ordinance to make way for an industrial hemp pilot program, the ordinance will go through a second reading for approval by the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 1.

10/16/2022
UC Davis is set to build a center focused on agricultural innovation and research after Beverly Hills billionaires Lynda and Stewart Resnick gave the university $50 million, the largest donation it has received from individual donors.