Invasive fruit fly prompts treatments in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara
State agriculture officials will place pesticide in parts of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara starting this weekend, in an emergency effort to eradicate invasive fruit flies from Asia.
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State agriculture officials will place pesticide in parts of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara starting this weekend, in an emergency effort to eradicate invasive fruit flies from Asia.
In drought-stricken California, a big debate is brewing over whether certain crops should even be grown here. (8-28-22)
Many Latino farmers and workers whose lives revolve around California's agriculture industry have been forced to make difficult decisions due to the ongoing water crisis.
Changing weather patterns have profoundly affected California farmers who grow one crop in particular -- organic strawberries.
Changing weather patterns have profoundly affected California farmers who grow one crop in particular -- organic strawberries. John Ramos reports. (4-30-22)
The Independence 4-H club in Sonoma County has found a novel -- and lucrative -- way to get rid of old Christmas trees.
Farmers in the Bay Area were excited that the latest storm brought another round of much-needed rain in the hopes it will bring them closer to the end of what has been a difficult drought.
Small marijuana growers in California say state and local regulations are tilted against them.
A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of a new farm animal welfare law set to take effect on Jan. 1.
Signature-gathering has begun to place an initiative on the 2022 ballot that would force the Legislature to fund more water storage in California.
The Water Resources Control Board approved an emergency resolution empowering regulators to halt diversions from the state's two largest river systems.
A scorching "thousand-year" drought made worse by climate change is draining reservoirs at an alarming pace, fueling massive wildfires and withering California's crucial Central Valley agriculture economy.
More than 30 million people are under heat warnings and advisories with more than 93 percent of the West in drought this week. Scientists say heat and drought are inextricably linked in a vicious feedback loop that climate change makes even harder to break.
For many in the Bay Area, harvesting their own cherries at you-pick farms like the Bacchini Fruit Tree in Brentwood is a Memorial Day weekend tradition. But temps over 100 degrees? Not so much.
Many Punjabi Sikhs farmers have reached a breaking point, with thousands reportedly committing suicide. Protestors were also demanding independence and the re-establishment of a sovereign nation of Khalistan.
A company called Plenty in South San Francisco is proving the value of low-water, controlled cultivation of leafy greens.
An Alameda County winery has become the first customer to try out a major new improvement in high-tech farm equipment: the world's first autonomous electric tractor.
On Sunday, protesters staged an unusual photo op to highlight the conflict between cattle ranchers and a herd of elk at Point Reyes National Seashore.
The smoke and ash from the wildfires seem to permeate every corner of the Bay Area but this is also home to one of the most renowned wine regions in the world and that's presenting a tough choice for grape growers.
California can't require a cancer warning label on Roundup, the world's most widely-used weed killer, U.S. District Judge William Shubb ruled on Monday.
A Northern California farm animal sanctuary is spending thousands of dollars to send two cargo planes to Iowa to rescue 1,000 chickens that were going to be euthanized at a struggling egg farm.
Eleven-year-old Rocky hasn't seen his family since the lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus began, on March 17. That's because he's an off-track thoroughbred, aka 'Rockzig,' and one of the hundreds of thousands of horses whose humans and handlers are sheltering in place across the Bay Area.
Working from home for farmers means getting out in the field, operating as essential businesses in the heart of California's Central Valley, supplying food to much of the U.S. even as schools, restaurants and stores have closed because of the coronavirus.
A North Bay vegan foods business is suing California food regulators after being told it cannot use the word "butter" on its packaging.
A groundbreaking study of farming practices in the nation's breadbasket of Northern and Central California shows that, after harvesting, there are tons of food left over and left to rot in the fields while Bay Area families are going hungry.
