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Digging My Heels In
#177: Now & Then, Art & Fire, Firelighters: Fire is Medicine, Octavia Butler (Persistent Bloom), Art Prof. Clara Lieu, Woodland Classroom, Yusuke Hanai, and PomplamooseMusic.
Central Coast Community Energy
Listed under: Environment Sustainability
The Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education will serve as one of the anchor tenants for the $1.2 billion project in Sacramento.
The renowned Chez Panisse chef believes we’ve lost our connection to nature—and we’re afraid. She wants to help fix that.
One year after a fire destroyed its food processing plant on Abbott Street in Salinas, local agriculture giant Taylor Farms is set to reopen the facility by the end of this month.
Al Scheid, founder of Scheid Family Wines, died at his home in Pacific Palisades on Friday, March 31. He was 91 years old.
The series of storms now hitting Monterey County are expected to impact the county’s agriculture sector even greater than January’s storms, officials said at a press conference Monday, March 13.
The San Joaquin Valley plans, serving low-income Latino communities, were deemed inadequate for preventing dry wells and sinking land.
California is the top agricultural producer in the U.S., and a top beneficiary of visitor spending. So naturally, we’ve got fun, food-driven tourist magnets.
In February, Salinas City Elementary School District announced it would eliminate several positions. On the layoff list was a position that alarmed many parents: the person in charge of recruiting students for the Migrant Education Program, a federal program that…
SALINAS VALLEY — A flood damage survey on Monterey County agriculture shows $336 million in estimated losses from January’s storms, with the costliest impacts in South Monterey County. Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has released the initial results of the …
In the story of the lower Salinas Valley’s groundwater – which is the sole source of water for agriculture and residents – history repeats itself: groundwater levels continue to get lower, and seawater intrusion in that water continues its inexorable…
KING CITY — Hundreds of third-graders recently roamed the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City to learn about agriculture during the annual South County Farm Day. Students from Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City schools attended the free educational enrichment …
Surveying the flood damage at his family’s farm outside of Castroville, Mike Scattini is relieved things weren’t any worse. The Scattinis have farmed their land near the Salinas River Lagoon for more than 100 years and have seen their share…
The city of Seaside has had two farmers markets in the past few decades, but neither of them stuck. Perhaps the third time will be a charm.
California is a leading producer of agricultural crops. So it’s not surprising to find cutting-edge ideas taking root here.
Barring a lawsuit, a controversial farmworker housing project in Pajaro officially has the green light to move forward: In a Dec. 13 hearing, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved the three-building, 46-unit project in a 3-1 vote (Mary Adams…
The agricultural commissioner from Santa Cruz County, Juan Hidalgo, will be headed south as of Feb. 6, 2023. He’s been tapped by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors to replace retiring Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales, the board announced Tuesday, Dec.…
Bringing fruit and vegetables from the field to your table is a process that requires not just farming, but scheduling, cooling and transportation. For four years, CSU Monterey Bay and agricultural stakeholders have talked about needs in the industry with…
KING CITY — Nearly 100 guests spent last Saturday night at the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum, which presented its first Halloween Movie Night outside the museum located at San Lorenzo Park in King City. The Oct. 22 …
One afternoon in early September, Bill Parsons checked the temperature in his Carmel Valley vineyard with concern. The thermometer peaked at 113 degrees. It was the eighth consecutive day of excessive heat.
GONZALES — Seven members of the Gonzales FFA chapter attended a regional leadership conference on Oct. 8-9, during which more than 275 other students, all involved in the FFA, united at the 2022 South Coast Region FFA Chapter Officer Leadership …
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