Monthly Archives: September 2013

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Reedley’s Gold,” a story about the olive oil program at Reedley College in Fresno County.

http://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18193 9-9-2013 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring September 9, 2013 as Admission Day in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Soon after the outbreak of war in 1846, United States forces invaded the Mexican province of Alta California. Seven …

http://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18187 9-3-2013 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring September, 2013, as California Wine Month in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA The first vineyard in Spanish California was not planted within the area that would become our state, but rather …

California’s 80,500 farms and ranches received a record high $44.7 billion for their output last year. The State’s agriculture revenues increased 3 percent for 2012 from the revised 2011 income level of $43.3 billion, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service. California’s cash receipts represented 11.3 percent of the U.S. total for 2012 … … California remains the …

As the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park has captured international attention, one of the many problems it has caused is the displacement of a number of Sierra Nevada residents. With emergency shelter options at a premium, the Mother Lode Fair in Sonora served as an evacuation facility for residents and their pets, in partnership with the American Red Cross.  …

In northwestern Europe, hunter-gatherers may have acquired domestic pigs from neighboring agricultural communities, according to a study published (August 27) in the journal Nature Communications. The pigs’ coats might have looked similar to that of this modern-day Bentheimer pig.(Ben Krause-Kyora / Christian-Albrechts University /August 27, 2013) By Melissa Pandika How did ancient Europeans make the switch from hunting and gathering their food …