by vine-admin | Sep 12, 2018 | Agriculture
California farmers Fong Tchieng and Vang C. Thao have a lot in common. They both have farming operations in the Central Valley. They both belong to the state’s vibrant – and growing – Hmong farming community. And most importantly, they have both partnered with...
by vine-admin | Sep 5, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, Technology
By Paulo Lichtemberg, Ryan D. Puckett, Yong Luo, Lorene Doster, and Themis J. Michailides originally in California Agriculture Alternaria late blight (ALB), caused mainly by the fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata, is an important pistachio disease that causes severe...
by vine-admin | Aug 29, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
By Mark Hoddle, Kevi Mace, and John Steggall in California Agriculture Proactive biocontrol could accelerate responses to invasive pests in urban areas — where pesticide use may be unpopular — before they spread to agricultural areas.
by vine-admin | Aug 29, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
By Brian Barth in Modern Farmer Leah Penniman is an American anomaly: black, female, and a farmer. Her primary focus involves fighting what she considers a far more common, yet more subtly brutal, form of oppression. “Corporations, and white folks, in particular,...
by vine-admin | Aug 28, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories, Innovator Spotlight, Technology
By Leanna Sweha Sunnyvale-based WISRAN helps improve ag machinery and labor utilization efficiency, resulting in a potential 2 to 5 percent boost in revenues. WISRAN won the 2015 UC Davis Big Bang Competition award for innovation in food and, a Rabobank-MIT Innovation...
by vine-admin | Aug 21, 2018 | Agriculture, Featured Stories
As a kid I loved to draw cities of the future that were in the sky with gardens and homes far above the ground. Perhaps this is one reason that I am a huge fan of vertical farming and its potential. In addition to it being a childhood dream, it also makes a lot of...
