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  2. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    In the 2000s and 2010s, Californians voted for propositions which established new protections for farm animals. 2008 California Proposition 2 and 2018 California Proposition 12 both established minimum requirements for farming egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal. Few veal and pig factory farm operations exist in ...

  3. History of agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    [15] [16] By the 1890s, California was second in US wheat production, producing over one million tons of wheat per year, [13] but monocrop wheat farming had depleted the soil in some areas resulting in reduced crops. [17] Irrigation was almost nonexistent in California in 1850, but by 1899, 12 percent of the state's improved farmland was ...

  4. Grape cultivation in California - Wikipedia

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    California's own consumption of table production grew from 1980 to 2001 from 1.8 to 3.5 kilograms (4.0 to 7.7 lb) per capita per year. [7] Consumption here and throughout the country is so high that the country remains a net importer despite this state's production, which reached 71,000 short tons (64,000 t) in the 2015 table harvest.

  5. Column: Pork producers are in full squeal over California's ...

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    The pork industry is attacking California's farm animal law with hogwash. Here are the facts. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

  6. Yes, Ants Actually Farm Their Food - AOL

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    Most organisms forage, hunt, or use photosynthesis to get food, but around 50 million years ago — long before humans were around — ants began cultivating and growing their own food.

  7. Fauna of California - Wikipedia

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    The forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.

  8. Biointensive agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The challenge [to growing animals for food] is that by 2014, 90% of the world’s people will only have access to about 4,500 sq ft of farmable land per person, if they leave an equal area in a wild state to protect plant and animal genetic diversity and the world’s ecosystems!

  9. It may look like pink Jello but scientists hope this new ...

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    It’s made by cultivating animal cells directly in a lab grown on 3D structures called “scaffolds,” which allow the cells to multiply, eliminating the need to raise and farm animals.