UCSB researchers use technology to link rural areas to data
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San Luis Obispo’s Hortau just keeps on growing
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Rincon-Vitova Insectaries offers alternative to pesticides
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Rise of the machines: Berry producers slowly adapt to technology
With proposed immigration reform that many in agriculture say fails to meet the needs of the state’s farming industry, some growers in Ventura County are increasingly looking to machine-aided harvesting to save the region’s mega-cash-crop of strawberries.
Spilling the beans on Ventura County’s lima legacy
Before there were strawberries, lemons and avocados, the lima bean dominated agriculture on Ventura County’s coastal plain for nearly a century.
Disease-carrying citrus psyllid found in SLO County
The Asian citrus psyllid, a tiny pest that spreads a disease fatal to citrus trees, has been discovered in San Luis Obispo County for the first time. The bug was found in an insect trap at a home near Arroyo Grande, the San Luis Obispo County Department of Agriculture said on April 1, prompting agricultural Read More →
Belt tightening: Amid drought, food banks face bare cupboards
Demand is up at the region’s food banks, and supply is down. In the for-profit world, those two factors would mean higher prices, but since food banks give away their products, their cupboards are starting to look a bit bare.
