Agriculture

If wine is labeled as "American," that doesn't necessarily mean the grapes were grown in the U.S. A California bill seeks to change that and aid the struggling industry.

PFAS chemicals were found in nearly 40% of samples of nonorganic fruits and vegetables California regulators tested in 2023. A bill would ban their use.

The federal Local Food Purchase Assistance cooperative agreement program pays for locally grown food for feeding programs, such as food banks. It's ending two years early.

California's Delta tunnel largely cleared a key hurdle last week — but far bigger obstacles still stand in the way.

The Trump administration Tuesday announced $40 million for “planning and preconstruction activities associated with raising Shasta Dam.”

Trump pushed changes at the Central Valley Project — a set of reservoirs and canals supplying water to Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys — pleasing farm groups.

Even among experts the cost of water supplies is hard to pin down. A new study reveals huge differences in what water suppliers for cities and farms pay for water from rivers and reservoirs in California, Arizona and Nevada.

The Wonderful Company sued to overturn a farmworker unionization law, but a California appeals court found the lawsuit was premature. The company contends the law is unconstitutional.

Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation during the second Trump administration.

One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion.