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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 California, so these propositions mostly affect farmers who raise California's 15 million egg-laying hens.
Image Credit: 123rf.com. Brussels sprouts are another cool-weather favorite, developing their best flavor when temperatures dip. These little cabbage-like veggies grow on stalks, making them a ...
Acmispon glaber (previously Lotus scoparius) (common deerweed, deer weed, deervetch, California broom or western bird's-foot trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). [2] The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California , Arizona , and Mexico .
Tanaka Farms is a family-owned and operated farm and produce market in Irvine, California. Its focus is not wholesale goods production but agritourism, mainly focused towards school-age children on field trips. It grows over sixty varieties of fruits and vegetables and does not use GMO seeds or unapproved pesticides.
An urban farming program in California is providing a fresh take on front yards to help feed people in its community. Crop Swap LA is a nonprofit that transforms people's yards into produce ...
Cotton. Years ago, cotton was one of the most prevalent crops in the Valley, with harvested acreage amounting to almost 655,000 acres in 2002. But now cotton represents the crop with the largest ...
By the middle of the 20th century, these nonnative deer were regarded as pests because of their impact on the native forests. From the 1950s, deer cullers were employed by the government to keep the numbers in check. The export of venison from wild deer started in the 1960s, turning a pest into an export earner. Industry pioneers saw an ...
A 2020 survey of indoor plant farming in the U.S. [26] found that indoor production was: 26% leafy greens, 20% herbs; 16% microgreens; 10% tomatoes; 28% other; AeroFarms, founded in 2011, raised $40 million in 2017 and reportedly opened the largest indoor farm in the world in Newark, New Jersey in 2015; [27] by 2018 it built its 10th indoor ...