Farms

Cities, Not Farms, At Fault For Bay Pollution

Cities, not the agriculture heavy Central Valley, are the source of most of the runoff and pollution that enters the San Francisco Bay, according to a new report.
6 October 2010 - 11:00am
San Francisco Chronicle

Trying to Protect Farms and Forests, But Saving Open Space

A land use law passed in Oregon in the 1970s that was meant to protect farmland and forests hasn't really protected either, according to a new report.
29 September 2010 - 10:00am
The Idaho Statesman

Food Farms Become Solar Farms

Decommissioned farms and fields in California are being scouted as possible sited for renewable energy production.
12 August 2010 - 7:00am
The New York Times

New Crop on BC Farms: RVs

With fruit prices way down, some farmers in British Columbia are taking their fields out of production and renting them out as RV parks. The government in Kelowna, BC, is not happy.
28 May 2010 - 7:00am
The Globe and Mail

Subdivisions Built Around Agriculture

This article from GOOD wonders whether farms could become the new cornerstone amenity in suburban residential communities.
21 April 2010 - 6:00am
Good

Seeking Solutions to California's Drought

This piece from National Geographic takes a look at the three-year drought that's plaguing California's cities and farms.
18 March 2010 - 7:00am
National Geographic

Ag Secretary Concerned Over Farms-to-Forests Conversion

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has ordered the revision of a forecasting model related to congressional climate legislation that makes the conversion of farmland to forests more lucrative than producing food.
30 December 2009 - 8:00am
The Washington Times
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