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The courtroom of Monterey County Superior Court Department 15 feels as far removed from farming as one could imagine. On Monday, July 14, Judg…
There is a peaceful beauty to the thousands of acres of agricultural fields that define the Pajaro and Salinas valleys. And hundreds of thousa…
A lawsuit filed April 4 against farms and county and state agencies allege that the approval of pesticide use near three schools in North Mont…
Local pesticide reform advocates are ramping up pressure on regulators over what they deem “environmentally racist” policies that leave Monter…
Monterey County Board of Supervisors selects a new agricultural commissioner from Santa Cruz County.
The agricultural commissioner from Santa Cruz County, Juan Hidalgo, will be headed south as of Feb. 6, 2023. He’s been tapped by the Monterey …
FREE SPEECHFor years, activists have been pushing for notification of pesticide applications to alert neighbors in advance. The California Dep…
Earlier this year, California became the third state to ban the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos. The fumigant is used to stave off cabbag…
While the California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently proposed rules to prohibit pesticide application within a quarter mile of sch…
While the total pounds of pesticides applied in California declined by 3 percent from 2013 to 2014, the total in Monterey County rose by 10 percent.
The Watsonville-based California Strawberry Commission has received a $300,000 research grant for continued research on alternatives to fumigants.