According to statistics released last month by Feeding San Diego, one out of every eight San Diegans is struggling with hunger. Unfortunately, this issue is most severe among children in San Diego County, where one in six children struggle with hunger. Feeding San Diego is an organization that is on a mission to solve hunger […]

Great news for resident living in one neighborhood in West Oakland, they are finally getting their first full-scale grocery store in decades. Community Foods Market is expected to open in June and it will provide the area with some much needed access to fresh and healthy food options. This neighborhood is considered a food desert […]

California farmers are relying on research, now more than ever, to help them and our society to continue to thrive in the face of so many daunting obstacles. One of the most exciting areas in agricultural research is precision breeding. With precision breeding, botanists and other plant scientists are able to select the best aspects and […]

There’s an exciting area of research in agriculture called “vertical farming.” Rather than farming open fields, researchers are seeking ways to farm crops on walls and other vertical surfaces. In addition to reducing threats from soil disease and pests, vertical farming could be a promising way to make small scale agriculture in an urban environment. […]

By Luis Alvarado California is home to the some of the most progressive farmers in the world. Despite enormous odds and pressures – drought; climate change; rising land, gas and energy costs; wildfires; labor shortages; regulatory burdens; relentless attacks from pests and disease – the state’s farmers soldier on, providing fresh fruit, produce and dairy […]

By: Raul Riesgo Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel from downtown Los Angeles to a farm several hours away. The farm tour was part of an effort by farmers to build bridges with people like me who live in cities and have very little understanding or appreciation of our California-grown food supply. […]

Last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill recognizing and regulating microenterprise home kitchens (MHK), which is also referred to as the cottage food industry. The bill, Assembly Bill 626, defines what qualifies as a MHK and provides several restrictions for enterprising home cooks. A legislative analysis of the bill states that the law is […]

Chipotle has decided to move its headquarters from its longtime hometown of Denver to Southern California. The announcement came last month and it will end the restaurant chain’s 25 year tenure of having its headquarters in Colorado. The new home for Chipotle will be in Newport Beach, which is near fast-food chains Del Taco, In-N-Out […]

According to KPCC, California’s top region for job growth is not in the Silicon Valley, where new tech jobs are getting all the attention, it’s the Inland Empire. According to Inland Empire economist John Husing’s annual economic forecast for 2018, jobs in San Bernardino and Riverside counties grew by 3.5 percent during 2017. This increase […]

Get ready for Game 1 of the World Series tonight, which will feature the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both Houston and Los Angeles have one major thing in common, they both have a large Mexican population. The World Series will determine which city has the better team, but writer Gustavo Arellano asked […]