by vine-admin | Mar 6, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
By Miguel Altieri on Civil Eats Research from U.C. Berkeley Professor of Agroecology Miguel Altieri argues that sustainable urban ag can also offer environmental, health, and social benefits.
by vine-admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
By Pamela Kan-Rice, Originally published in Food Blog by UCANR Farmers know they lose crops to pests and plant diseases, but scientists have found that on a global scale they are reducing crop yields for five major food crops by 10 percent to 40 percent, according to...
by vine-admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
By Kylie Banks, National Honey Board, Originally published in Food Blog by UCANR The U.S. honey industry is thriving, according to a new study from the University of California Agricultural Issues Center (AIC). The research found that the U.S. honey industry in 2017...
by vine-admin | Jan 24, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, Technology
FARM DOG Farm Dog is a digital platform that uses local field data, analysis and insights in real-time to help growers and agronomists track, anticipate, prevent and respond to pest and disease pressure. Farm Dog was selected as a top technology for agronomists in...
by vine-admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Agriculture, Technology
Melissa Brandao, a former Apple engineer, wanted to find ways to give back to her rural agricultural community in southern Oregon. Rather than traditional farming, though, she began designing robots to provide farmers with extra sets of eyes, ears and wheels out in...
