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To Catch a Leaf
FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach |
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05 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| To Catch a Leaf FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach Federal agents raided two produce plants in Salinas Valley, Calif., yesterday, as part of a criminal investigation into whether they violated food-safety and environmental laws in distributing E. coli-tainted spinach. The FBI and the Food and Drug Administration executed search warran ... |
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| Topics: California, Federal Bureau of Investigation, food and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, news (all these topics) |
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San Joaquin Phoenix
Dead San Joaquin River will be revived |
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15 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| San Joaquin Phoenix Dead San Joaquin River will be revived More than 60 miles of California's dead, sandy San Joaquin River may yet run with water and salmon again, as enviros and farmers have settled an 18-year legal battle over the river's fate. Based on a new 20-year, $250-to-$800 million restoration plan, agricultural water diversion from the river will be reduced by an a ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, news, rivers and watersheds, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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Do the Hempty Hemp
Hemp farming could be legalized in California |
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17 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Do the Hempty Hemp Hemp farming could be legalized in California Farmers could legally grow industrial hemp under a bill approved by the state Senate of, obviously, California. But isn't hemp, like, totally marijuana? Didn't Nancy Reagan warn us about this? No, no, says (Republican!) state Sen. Tom McClintock, in the best analogy we've ever heard: Hemp "bears no more resemblance to marijuana than a poodle bears ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central
Urban gardeners evicted from community farm in L.A. |
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16 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Be a Menace to South Central Urban gardeners evicted from community farm in L.A. South Central Farm, a 14-acre community garden in a sea of warehouses in urban L.A., will be bulldozed to make way for ... a warehouse. The 350 low-income families who for years have been growing food on the plot this week lost their fight to save the farm. Landowner Ralph Horowitz obtained an eviction order, and protestors, who in ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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Wining and Declining
Global warming screwing up wine country |
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05 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Wining and Declining Global warming screwing up wine country Bad news for oenophiles: Global warming is messing with wine country. Wine grapes are highly temperature-sensitive, and if the globe gets much hotter (which smart folks say it will), famed wine-producing regions like France's Burgundy and California's Napa Valley may lose optimum climate for their grape varieties. Already, warmer temperat ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, food and agriculture, France, news (all these topics) |
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Whose 'Cide Are They On?
California regulating pesticide air pollution and fish farming |
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30 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Whose 'Cide Are They On? California regulating pesticide air pollution and fish farming California is trailblazing again: It aims to be the first state in the U.S. to tackle air pollution from pesticide use. State officials hope to eliminate tons (literally) of smog-forming gases that waft from pesticide-treated agricultural regions. California's Department of Pesticide Regulation -- long acc ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, food and agriculture, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna
California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings |
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15 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tuna California loses suit to make tuna companies issue mercury warnings California law requires products containing chemicals that could cause reproductive harm or cancer to have warning labels, but a state Superior Court judge has ruled that the law does not apply to mercury-licious canned tuna. Mercury has been shown to slow neurological development, thus the ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries
EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide |
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27 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Fume, the Crowd, the Berries EPA withdraws plan to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide After contriving to approve toxic fumigant methyl iodide for use in strawberry fields forever, the U.S. EPA has withdrawn the plan in the face of fierce opposition from California officials, labor unions, and enviros. The approval of methyl iodide was to be the culmination of a nearly 15-year search for a sub ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Heifer Madness
Thanks to booming dairy biz, cows out-pollute cars in California valley |
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02 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Heifer Madness Thanks to booming dairy biz, cows out-pollute cars in California valley In California's San Joaquin Valley, air-quality regulators are squaring off against the area's lucrative dairy industry over cow gas: Each dairy cow in the valley emits nearly 20 pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) a year, according to official estimates. (Sadly, more of the gas comes from burps than f ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Ask Your Dealer Today!
Organic marijuana certification sought in California county |
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15 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ask Your Dealer Today! Organic marijuana certification sought in California county Need your pot, but worried about all the chemi ... dude, you gonna eat that? Wait, where were we? Oh, for all those who prefer their pot free of toxic chemicals (and have a user card allowing them to smoke it for medical purposes, of course), there's good news from Mendocino County, Calif. -- the very county that last ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, green living, news (all these topics) |
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40 Acres and a Tax Break
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16 May 2003 |
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| 40 Acres and a Tax Break California environmentalists and farmers rejoiced yesterday when Gov. Gray Davis (D) restored $40 million in funding for farmland and open-space protection under the Williamson Act. Together, farmers and enviros had lobbied heavily against the proposed elimination of the act, under which the state pays back counties for property taxes lost when landowners are ... |
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| Topics: business, California, food and agriculture, news, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics) |
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