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California Agriculture Masthead

Issue date: Oct.-Dec.2007
 

News

Editorial
Gail Feenstra and Tom Tomich
Sustainable food systems link growers to new consumer markets in California

Science briefs
Farmers’ markets benefit growers
Light brown apple moth pub
Medfly outbreak in Dixon
Exotic Newcastle disease Flavonoids in organic tomatoes
Frog-killing fungus

Research update
Breaking new ground:
UC Santa Cruz celebrates sustainable innovation
in farming, food systems
  —UC students eating local,
  organic produce

Regulators and researchers seek innovative water-quality solutions

News releases
Current
 Archive

Table of Contents: Oct.-Dec. 2007


Research and reviews

Management reduces E. coli in irrigated pasture runoff
Knox et al.
Fecal bacteria from a Sierra Nevada foothill pasture was decreased by wetland filtration, low runoff, and rest between grazing and irrigation.
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Juniper removal may not increase overall Klamath River Basin water yields
Kuhn et al.
The authors conducted a comprehensive literature review and analysis of precipitation and vegetative cover by juniper in an arid region of California.
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Most West Coast agricultural cooperatives are financially competitive
Hardesty and Salgia
West Coast cooperatives generally perform as well as investor-owned firms; while fruit and vegetable cooperatives are weaker, they are improving.
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California farmers adapt mandated marketing programs to the 21st century
Carman
Trends in commodity marketing programs include ensuring food safety, studying and promoting health benefits and collaborating with international producers.
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