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Taste of Normalcy

Placer County’s mandarin orange growers are having another bountiful season

As farmers and event organizers adapt to climate change and the ongoing spread of the pandemic, mandarin oranges have offered a bright taste of normalcy during grim times.

Jan 12, 2021 Steph Rodriguez

Photos: Sights to See

Sacramento Valley overflows with opportunities to view winter wildlife

The Sacramento Valley provides some of the top wintering sites for waterfowl in the world.

Dec 23, 2020 Steve Martarano

Power Surge

The Capital Region is emerging as a clean energy technology hub

Here are four innovative companies helping drive the clean energy revolution in the region. 

Dec 21, 2020 Alastair Bland

Promise for New Proteins

Advancements in the alternative-protein space ignite in the Sacramento area

In September, UC Davis was awarded the first federal funding given to a university to research cultivated meat, positioning the Capital Region to serve as a hub of the advancing technology. 

Dec 14, 2020 Jennifer Junghans

Comstock’s Talks: Promise for New Proteins

PODCAST: In September, UC Davis was awarded the first federal funding given to a university to research cultivated meat, positioning the Capital Region to serve as a hub of the advancing technology. Efforts to advance the emerging food market using science and technology have ignited worldwide to address the global challenge of food access and proper nutrition for a growing population and the unsustainable environmental and ethical practices of industrial animal agriculture as it barrels toward the planet’s capacity on land and at sea.

Dec 13, 2020 Jennifer Junghans

California Needs a New Integrated Approach to Water Planning

State’s $50 billion agricultural sector can only thrive with reliable water

The hard lessons we’ve learned in recent decades from catastrophic wildfires and drought can serve as the foundation for a new, integrated approach to water planning.

Dec 11, 2020 Brian K. Veerkamp and Kenneth V. Payne

Startup of the Month: Unfold

Breeding seeds for vertical farms

The future of vertical farming begins on the genetic level. That’s the philosophy of Unfold, a Sacramento-based startup focused on innovating fruit and vegetable seeds to better serve indoor growing facilities.

Dec 3, 2020 Russell Nichols

Fleet of the Future

The City of Sacramento moves its municipal vehicles toward sustainability

Sacramento is working to turn its fleet into a model of municipal sustainability with electric vehicles, a software-and-hardware suite to monitor efficiency, and more.

Dec 2, 2020 Eric Johnson

The Herb Column: Living Earth

For cannabis farmers in the regenerative agriculture movement, it’s all about the soil

Small cannabis farmers are contributing to the regenerative agriculture movement by cultivating polycultures rather than growing just one crop.

Nov 30, 2020 Eric Johnson

Change in the Grapevine

Capital Region vineyards and wineries are cultivating an environmentally friendly way of life

In the Capital Region, there’s an emerging market among boutique vineyards and wineries focused on low-intervention farming and production methods.

Nov 17, 2020 Jennifer Junghans
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