Yolo County Agriculture, Food & Gardening Digest

As the May 1 Big Day of Giving approaches, a look at the work being done by local nonprofit Davis Community Meals and Housing.

A look at the Davis Farm to School program and the school gardens of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

A look at the Yolo Food Hub Network working to build a resilient food supply chain by linking local farmers to local schools, hospitals and underserved communities.

Over three hundred people attended Yolo Food Bank's annual Appreciation Event on March 22.

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

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.

The Davis Farmers Market Picnic in the Park season begins May 7. Read on for details.

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.

After seven years of effort, two business partners celebrated the opening of their Woodland Cannabis Dispensary on January 31. Read on to learn more.

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

Read on to learn details about a free class by UC Master Gardener Bonnie Berman on January 25 about how to care for your fruit trees.

“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 how you can volunteer at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

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.

An introduction to the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC) and their work assembling and distributing food packs to Winters Joint Unified School District after-school program students. Read on to learn more about STEAC and how you can volunteer.

The 39th annual Holiday Meal sponsored by the Davis Food Co-op will be held on December 24 at the Davis Veterans Memorial Center. Read on to learn more and how you can volunteer.

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 expanding recall of raw milk products following detection of bird flu in tested samples.

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.

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.