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Manish Panghal via unsplashCalifornia has become the first state to enact a law that lets marijuana products use branding from a specific region, much like the wine industry.
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As the recent thick blanket of wildfire smoke clears, what remains is worry. Smoke may have tainted fruit across the West.
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Goats can be good for a lot of things, from cheese to yoga and now fire suppression.
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"The smoke is so dense," one agricultural worker in Oregon told NPR. "I feel dizzy, my throat hurts and my head feels like it's going to explode." Their employers are also faced with tough choices.
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As fires ravage California, farmworkers are dealing with dangerous air in incredible heat. Hernan Hernandez of the California Farmworker Foundation says there's "nowhere near" enough protective gear.
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We’re all doing a lot of remembering, these days, of how it used to be, before coronavirus, before masks and social distancing.
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Across the Northwest, there are too many wine grapes and not enough demand. It started with an overly optimistic industry planting too much. Then came the coronavirus pandemic.
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For many California farmworkers, the wildfires are just the latest crisis to hit them as they’ve continued to labor in the fields.
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The latest harvest estimates say Washington ranchers will harvest nearly 153 million bushels of wheat and Oregon 44 million bushels. That’s around average for both states.
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Conservationists say the U.S. Forest Service isn’t properly managing grazing in the Klamath Mountains, resulting in damage to critical habitat for Coho salmon.
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A proposed cannabis tax in Trinity County, California would encourage small cannabis growing operations by taxing them at a lower rate than large producers. It’s an effort to promote environmentally-friendly operations and bring in money for the county.
