Monthly Archives: April 2012

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Citrus-Quarantine-in-San-Gabriel-Valley-146744365.html Nearly 100 Miles Sprayed to Stamp Out Citrus Killer While fruit from infected trees are safe to eat, the root of the problem goes deeper than consumption By John Cadiz Klemack An invasive and deadly disease that attacks citrus trees was found in Hacienda Heights March 30, and now no fruits are allowed in or out of a 93-square-mile …

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/08/BABT1NVH29.DTL Selling eggs in California isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. With Easter celebrated Sunday and Passover under way, the egg holds a prominent spot on the spring holiday table. And agricultural inspectors in the state want to make sure that before the eggs are sold, they’re not broken, dirty, rotten, out-of-date, underweight or in any way tainted. If …

http://www.sgvtribune.com/editorial/ci_20331016/our-view-quarantine-key-citrus-health The discovery of a bacterial disease in Hacienda Heights that could wipe out the citrus crop here is not as devastating a prospect for the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier areas as it would have been at the turn of the last century. In those days, orange groves filled the Valley in particular as far as the eye could …

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/25/4363882/lemon.html The Meyer lemon tree in front of Will Reichmann’s house is small, but official. Shortly after buying it, Reichmann registered his humble sapling online as part of a new campaign aimed at proving that even one of the country’s most densely populated cities can learn to feed itself, one crop at a time. “When the tree gets bigger we’ll …