Nevada County Agriculture, Food & Gardening Digest

Nevada County Solid Waste will be giving away free compost and biochar on April 26.

Food aid is one of numerous competing priorities California lawmakers will have to juggle in the face of steep potential federal cuts.

The Nevada County Community Foundation is partnering with Community Roots to build a new culinary center to be used in providing meals to Nevada County students.

Across California, only one in five eligible college students receive CalFresh due to complicated requirements and an arduous application process. With two-thirds of students experiencing food insecurity, many campuses have started helping them apply for CalFresh.

Read on to learn about the March 20 community spaghetti dinner and go bag giveaway at the Rough and Ready fire station #59.

Read on to learn more about the call for vendors of the first ever Fighting Hunger Flea Market coming April 26 to benefit the Food Bank of Nevada County.

Read on to learn what's new at Sierra Harvest, including a move to a new location and their upcoming 10th Annual Soup Night on March 21.

The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small numbers,” one expert says.

Read on to learn about the recent workshop presented by the Nevada County Resource Conservation District with a focus on preventing tree mortality during prescribed fires.

Trump apparently wants to override new Biden-Newsom rules that have widespread support among Southern California cities and some Central Valley farmers.

“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.  

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.

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.

Your input and feedback are sought for an initiative by the Interfaith Food Ministry and Sierra Harvest to expand the community garden at DeVere Mautino Park in Grass Valley. Read on to learn more about the proposed project and how you can participate.

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

Learn how you can help Interfaith Food Ministry provide holiday meals to Nevada County families in need.

Learn about the recently released 2023 Nevada County Crop and Livestock Report for 2023 showing an increase of %30 over the previous year, and the contribution by the local legal cannabis sector.

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.

Donate turkeys and other food supplies to help meet the urgent need this holiday season at the Food Bank of Nevada County. Read on to find out how you can help.

Learn more about changes made to the Commercial Cannabis Ordinance in the November 12 meeting of the Nevada County Board of Supervisors.

A USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant of $750,000 has been awarded to Sierra Harvest.Read on to learn how they intend to use the funding.

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.

Learn more about the online town hall hosted by Nevada County on October 24 to discuss the proposed microenterprise home kitchen program.

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.

Nevada County will be holding public meetings and soliciting comment via online survey as it considers adoption of an ordinance permitting commercial use of home kitchens.

The Interfaith Food Ministry reminds the community that among other things, September is Hunger Action Month and seeks to raise awareness of those who need food assistance in Nevada County.

An update of three public meetings held to discuss proposals to amend the Nevada County commercial cannabis cultivation ordinance.

The Nevada County Library is partnering with the Nevada County Master Gardeners to provide free seeds through its seed library program.

Proposed amendments to the Nevada County commercial cannabis cultivation ordinance will be the topic of three upcoming public meetings.

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.