Placer County Agriculture, Food & Gardening Articles

California grants climate credits for fuel made from cow manure, but there’s a paradox: The state’s program encourages collection of methane yet promotes natural gas.

For Truckee locals Dustin Hurley and Nick Chmell, conversations about starting up a brewery while on snowmobiling trips fueled the friend's desire to open up one of their own. At the time, Alibi's Public House...

Epicurean delights await this fall Fall is the perfect time for hiking, mountain biking and taking in the fall colors in the Tahoe Sierra. But it’s also a favorite time to enjoy dining out and it’s the season for some …

Burgers are the perfect thing to eat after a long hike, bike ride, skiing, snowboarding or golfing. Burgers can be a hangover cure, gut bomb or protein-packed patty sandwiched between a bun that fuels you through the day. A burger …

There's nothing like spending the day hiking, biking, boating, or shopping and then relaxing at a restaurant or bar with a refreshing cocktail. What makes it even better, though, is having that cocktail with a...

Sometimes a person comes to Lake Tahoe, falls in love with it, and comes up with an idea that takes off and turns into a beloved staple in the community that lasts for decades. A...

The Auburn community celebrates nine honorees every year for selflessness and service to the city through the State of the Community Awards. Carol Arnold of Auburn will be honored next month as Friend of Agriculture.

California Forever, the company backed by billionaire Silicon Valley investors that wants to build a new city in Solano County, has posted a new website in an attempt to start a "conversation" about the massive project.

Lake Tahoe-based director and photographer Rachid Dahnoun announced the launch of RSM Creative, a media production company and creative agency that specializes in content creation for adventure travel, hospitality, agriculture and conservation brands.

SARSAS, whose mission is to get salmon and steelhead to the city of Auburn, is currently working to improve the water quality of Auburn Ravine by removing Himalayan blackberries, which consume 10 times the amount of water most local trees …

Since the Gold Rush era, land reclamation projects have helped to build California, but they are also damaging the state’s environment for people, plants and animals by eliminating essential wetlands.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and the United Farm Workers union say a recent death in a tomatillo field was due to heat, but a coroner’s report doesn’t back that up.

California has used reclamation districts to turn millions of acres of unusable swamps into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Here’s how it happened.

A workers comp study says one day above 100 degrees can cause 15 percent more accidents, costing workers and employers millions. A new advisory panel may help the state improve its work heat rules.

Marie Heilman of Winters, who is happy to be alive, wants people to guard against mosquitoes and the deadly virus they carry.

In honor of PlacerGrown CEO Carol Arnold's retirement, here are three recipes from the Farmers Market.