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Brown defends not requiring water cuts for Calif farmers
2015-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In a nationally televised interview Sunday, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his decision to largely target urban areas rather than agricultural users with his historic order to curb water use. During an appearance on the ABC news program This Week, Brown told host Martha Raddatz that farmers had already fallowed hundreds of thousands of acres of land and pulled up vines and trees. Farmworkers who are at [the] very low end of the economic scale here are out of work, Brown said. There...
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Jerry Brown defends drought order that doesn't limit farmers
2015-04-06 06:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday defended his order requiring Californians statewide to cut back on their water use in a historic mandate that spares those who consume the most farmers. Related Stories As California endures a fourth year of drought, Brown's order this week requires towns and cities statewide to draw down water use by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels. While past reductions were voluntary, Brown said he is using his emergency powers to make the cuts mandatory. Martha Raddatz, host...
One Farmers Battle with Californias Worst Drought
2015-04-04 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: On a warm March afternoon, farmer Cannon Michael walks alongside wheat fields adjacent to his house in Los Banos, in California's Central Valley. Most of these fields won't be watered again this year. Cannon Michael in on a mission to preserve farming in California, despite layers of agricultural regulations and the state's historic drought. "Wheat's not a glamorous crop, but it makes a lot of bread,' Michael quips. This wheat, though, won't return much money, Michael says. So it will be...
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Organic Food Demand Rise And Smart Pricing Makes Sprouts Farmers Market A Smart Long-Term Stock Pick
2015-04-04 13:31:30| Grocery - Topix.net
Food businesses have it good, insofar as people will never stop eating. Businesses selling ingredients are starting to do much better than those that sell cooked food, given increasing health concerns of eating junk food, making matters difficult for companies like McDonald's Corporation .
Survey of Indonesian Pig Farmers Reveals Need for Training
2015-04-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
INDONESIA - Results of a survey of pig farming in the east of the country reveal a need for better education of farmers, particularly on pig disease and biosecurity.
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