Yolo County Agriculture, Food & Gardening Digest

Join the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7143 in Esparto on Veterans Day November 10 to enjoy some BBQ and learn more about accomplishments 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.

Learn about the Yolo Bonus Bucks program which has distributed over $900,000 in healthy food to Yolo residents in need.

Davisville explores the Davis Night Market which recently marked its fifth year of the nightly distribution of surplus food.

A report on the second annual Global Rice Fest which raised over $130,000 for the Yolo Food Bank.

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved a county Environmental Health Division proposal for a program to assist unlicensed food vendors operating street stands to become compliant with local and state health requirements.

The City of Davis is pitching a new outdoor dining program to downtown businesses,

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.

The PBS "America's Heartland" series will feature segments about four Yolo County farms in the upcoming season.

Working with the Woodland Community College, the Yolo Food Bank is offering drive-though food pickups on Thursdays at the college parking lot at 2300 East Gibson Road.

The 2023 Yolo County Agriculture Report shows an production increase of almost 25% over the previous year with a value of $901 million.

A look at the training program for beginner farmers offered by the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland.

Yolo County is preparing an ordinance to mandate licensing requirements for mobile food vendors.

Yolo County is sponsoring a Farmworker Resource Fair at Woodland Community College on September 6.

Recology Davis and Meals on Wheels Yolo County are collaborating on a five month pilot project to reduce waste in packaging and promote recycling.

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.

$275,000 in federal community project funding was granted for a new Meals on Wheels Yolo County kitchen.

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 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.

Hedgerow Farms in Yolo County specializes in cultivating native plants for seeds to be used in land restoration.

The Opening Night Gala for the Yolo County Fair will take place on August 14.

On June 10, the Yolo County Department of Community Services’ Environmental Health Division held a food safety forum to share updates on local programs and the food safety placard system.

The Center for Land-Based Learning has launched a new mobile farmers market for Woodland communities without access to fresh locally grown food.

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

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.

Sacramento is seeking public comment on its "Urban Forrest Plan" to increase the trees in the city with priority given to areas in North and South Sacramento.

On May 3, the Coffee Center at the UC Davis College of Engineering, opened with a focus on the study of coffee.

The Davis Farmers Market popular Picnic in the Park is back, running every Wednesday from 4PM to 8PM starting on May 1 and running through September.

The City of Davis has contributed Measure O open space funding for an agricultural conservation easement on 120 acres of local farmland.

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources advisors has published a new website with information resources for small acreage landowners raising livestock.

The annual Capay Valley Almond Festival is making its return Feb. 24 and 25 at every town up the valley from Esparto to Rumsey.

The center is a collaboration between multiple departments and institutions that will lead innovation and research in sustainably producing alternative proteins.