El Dorado County Agriculture, Food & Gardening Digest

“If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,” says one local economist.

Those in California who’d like a latte with a side of weed have gotten their wish now that a new law goes into effect that permits licensed cannabis dispensaries to add sit-in cafes to their sites.  

Read on to learn about the study of nonlethal means of protecting livestock from mountain lions underway by a coalition of universities and government agencies and how livestock owners can apply to participate.

New operating rules for massive Delta systems will increase water deliveries to Southern California cities and some growers. Salmon numbers could drop, especially in dry years.

Keith Poulsen's jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.

Responding to resident complaints about amplified music at events hosted at local wineries, El Dorado County Supervisors voted to amend the Ranch Marketing Ordinance. Read on to learn more.

Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

Are food recalls on the rise? Yes. Read on to learn more.

Learn more about the new Upper Room Dining Hall food truck serving the hungry and food insecure in El Dorado County.

Find out about recently planted orchard at the William Brooks Elementary School in El Dorado Hills, and plans for future growth.

Learn how Kings Meats and community partners donated turkeys to over 700 underprivileged families this holiday season.

Voters in California’s farm belt, stretching more than 400 miles from Kern County on the south to Tehama County on the north, delivered solid majorities for Donald Trump in this month’s presidential election.

Learn how you can help the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe provide Thanksgiving family meals in the community.

THE SALINAS VALLEY is the setting for fecund soil, labor rights movements and John Steinbeck novels.Squeezed into one 90-mile-long wedge between the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountains, the valley’s residents constitute less than 1% of Californians but have shaped the identity of the whole state.

Local nonprofit Bread & Broth is asking the community for donations to support their annual Thanksgiving dinner.

The Marcella Foundation is hosting its first Friendsgiving Fundraiser potluck feast on November 20 at South Lake Brewery Company. Bring a dish to share.

Many California farmworkers have long lacked safe and affordable places to sleep — an issue thrown into sharp relief after last year’s mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, which left seven agricultural workers dead.

Bread and Broth, the nonprofit organization working to alleviate hunger in the Lake Tahoe South Shore area, is seeking volunteers for several positions.

Enrollment is open for youth ages 5-18 to join the El Dorado County 4-H.

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.

Applications for grants to replace farm machinery are available through August 30 from the El Dorado County Air Quality Management Department.

A judge has halted a union effort at the Wonderful Company, throwing into question a new state law designed to make it easier for agricultural workers to organize.

A plague of grasshoppers have descended upon a 20-acre Latrobe property, part of a growing problem in other parts of the state.

A Kings County judge today issued a temporary restraining order against the state that pauses its unprecedented move to crack down on groundwater depletion in California’s agricultural heartland.

The $4.5 billion Sites Reservoir project is advancing after a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by environmental groups.

Advice for local gardeners now that winter is over and rattlesnakes are out and about.

The Sugar Pine Foundation announced that partner agencies and volunteers had planted 16,800 pine seedlings were planted this spring in the Caldor Fire scar area, Buron Creek State Park and around South Lake Tahoe.

A project to mechanically thin 687 acres along the Pioneer Trail corridor to reduce fuel load.

The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report says the benefits of the tunnel exceed the cost since other water supplies would cost more.

The new Future Farmers of America program at Golden Sierra High School will offer classes in animal husbandry and horticulture.

Meet Justin Boyd, who nurtures the community with food and live music.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors denied an appeal by Somerset residents of the Planning Commission's approval of an application for a Commercial Cannabis Use Permit.