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California Project to Build Biofuel and Bioproduct Database

ATTRA

A group investigating how to make better use of the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley received funding for a project to create a database and support technology for sustainable bioproducts and biofuels.

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The whole dam truth

Food Environment and Reporting Network

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor.

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20 Sustainable Sips to Cheer For

Food Tank

Drop Bear takes care of some of their energy needs with solar panels and uses excess heat generated during the brewing process to warm their buildings. The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens. Rise & Win Brewing Co.,

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Almonds are Under Threat. The Key to Saving Them Could Be in the Soil

Modern Farmer

It’a not just because it’s cheaper and not just because Capay Hills Orchard , his farm just north of Sacramento, is in an area of California that is increasingly drought-prone. The shells are used in cosmetics, as bedding for livestock and in biofuels. My orchard has a lot of trees,” says Paddock. “I’m

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A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor.

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The deep roots of Mexico’s trade dispute with U.S. over GMO corn

Food Environment and Reporting Network

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor.

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Trouble at sea

Food Environment and Reporting Network

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor.

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