Arcadia Bioscience will work on grains for India
12:00 am

Davis-based Arcadia Biosciences on Tuesday announced it has received a $3.6 million federal grant to develop genetically modified strains of wheat and rice that tolerate salty soils and thrive on less nitrogen and water than standard varieties.

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Christmas tree sales enjoy a growth spurt
By Darrell Smith - 12:00 am

Shoppers may buy fewer holiday gifts this year, but they don't appear to be skimping on Christmas trees.

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Vacaville fruit packer has sunny outlook with solar project
By Chris Bowman - Tuesday, December 2 2008 - 12:00 am

Starting today, Mark Mariani will begin powering the packing lines of one of the world's largest dried fruit plants with the same energy source his grandfather tapped at the start of the century-old family business.

Lundberg Family Farms recognized for 2nd year
Wednesday, November 26 2008 - 12:00 am

Richvale-based rice grower and processor Lundberg Family Farms has been recognized as the California Work-place of the Year by the Employer Resource Institute, an Alameda-based human resources consulting firm.

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Law to allow chefs to buy direct from farms
By M.S. Enkoji - Wednesday, November 26 2008 - 12:00 am

If life gives you lemons, you can't make lemonade and actually sell it from your front yard in California.

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Placer County mandarins are nothing to sneeze at
By Bob Walter - Thursday, November 20 2008 - 12:00 am

Producers of cold and allergy pills may face competition from an unexpected source – the mandarin orchards of Placer County.

Blue Diamond workers reject bid to unionize
By Jim Downing and Stan Oklobdzija - Thursday, November 20 2008 - 12:00 am

After a four-year organizing campaign by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, workers at Sacramento's Blue Diamond Growers voted by secret ballot Wednesday not to unionize.

What California voters hatched with chicken-cage ban is unclear
By Jim Downing - Saturday, November 8 2008 - 12:26 am

To a huge majority of California voters, it seems, the chicken does come before the egg.

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