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...
by vine-admin | Nov 28, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
Organic farmer Phil Foster has developed a creative way to nurture the soil on his 200-acre farm near Hollister. He plants cover crops in a single line at the top of the planting bed, saving water and seed while keeping the furrows clear for irrigation. “We were...
by vine-admin | Nov 1, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
By Jeannette Warnert originally published in Food Blog by UCANR Technology holds tremendous promise for the California agricultural industry, however there are challenges that must be better understood and managed, wrote Damon Kitney in an article distributed to...
by vine-admin | Oct 23, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
Abby Maxman is President of Oxfam America, a nonprofit organization working to tackle and create lasting solutions to the root causes of global poverty. By Eva Perroni in FoodTank