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Fresno’s Southeast Asian Farmers Are On Trend With New ‘Superfood’ Moringa
By Jeannette Warnert originally published in Food Blog by UCANR
Farmer Vang Thao has been managing a successful farm south of Fresno for nearly 30 years, producing a spectacular array of vegetables – heirloom tomatoes, purple bell peppers, water…
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Innovator Spotlight: Wexus Technologies, Empowering Farmers with Data-Driven Insights
By Leanna Sweha
Wexus Technologies empowers farmers, food processors and others to save money and time by being more energy efficient. Its IoT platform analyzes utility usage and billing data in real time to drive…
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Anthony Reyes: Building Dignity for the Homeless Through Farming
By Sarah Henry in Civil Eats
The farm manager at the Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz, Reyes approaches agricultural systems from a justice lens.
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Can Seaweed Cut Methane Emissions on Dairy Farms?
By Diane Nelson in Food & Agriculture
Seaweed may be the super food dairy cattle need to reduce the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere. Early results from research at the University of California, Davis, indicate that just…
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Why Women Farmers Need Land Rights in Tanzania
By John Namkwahe for The Citizen
Access to potentially-productive land is crucial to combating discrimination against females. When they are denied access, they are disadvantaged, economically powerless.
Tanzania is among developing nations where gender inequality denies women the right to…
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Soon We’ll Use Smartphones to Trace Our Food on the Blockchain. But There’s a Catch: We’ll Be Traced Too.
By Jessica McKenzie in The New Food Economy
Foodies interested in the provenance of their groceries may have to give up something in return: their privacy.
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How Precision Dairying Milks Cows for Data–Not Just Dairy Products
By Matthew Stuber, Gary Kazmer, Shalabh Gupta, and Steven Zinn in The New Food Economy
This new technology could help farmers understand how an individual cow’s activities—eating, standing, resting, milking—affects her milk production, milk quality and health.
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FOOD IT: The Full Stack – An event stacked to the brim with great discussion on food and agriculture innovation
Over 300 attendees gathered at the fifth annual Mixing Bowl Food IT conference for an interactive discussion of the “digital full stack solution” for new food and agriculture products and services. The Mixing Bowl’s Rob Trice…
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The Business of Agriculture
Originally from the Sacramento Business Journal.
The Sacramento Business Journal held a roundtable discussion on May 11 featuring panel experts and a moderator who discussed the business of agriculture, the challenges, the opportunities and what’s ahead for this multibillion dollar…
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The Race in the Field: Imports, Machines, and Migrants
By Philip L. Martin published in California Agriculture
Four ways farmers are responding to the tightening labor market.
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