Agriculture

A mysterious malady that has been killing honeybees en masse for several years appears to have expanded drastically in the past year, commercial beekeepers say, wiping out 40 percent to 50 percent of the hives needed to pollinate many of the nation's fruits and vegetables.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has set an April 19 deadline for California growers with certified organic farms – and those making the transition to organic – to apply for financial aid.

California’s huge dairy industry that has played by its own set of rules since the 1930s could partially end its unique way of doing business under new legislation that’s united lawmakers throughout the state.

How do you keep the family farm in the family?

Luther Burbank High School students on Thursday launched a second year of selling fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, part of a nonprofit campaign to promote healthy eating.

Nearly a dozen burly California raisin growers watched intently Wednesday as Supreme Court justices struggled to figure out how their industry works.

Droughts. Population explosions. Salty soils. These are the problems that many say will cause worldwide food shortages in coming decades.

Dissident California raisin growers will soon get their day in the Supreme Court sun, with a case that’s juicier than it seems.

Really, how many food products can you make with almonds? Not nearly enough, according to officials of Blue Diamond Growers, which on Thursday formally opened its 6,500-square-foot Almond Innovation Center amid its sprawling complex of buildings along C Street in Sacramento.

Amid the verdant fields and orchards of America's most bountiful agricultural region, California farmworkers are graying.

Despite the freeway, brush fires, droughts and the inevitable exodus of young people to urban pastures, Zamora's way of life continues.