California farmers growing food for schools and food banks were among those hit by $1 billion in cuts to the U.S. Department ...

Typically, many farmers take out yearly operating loans to pay for labor, fertilizer, fuel and other input costs, and then ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is among a group of legislators pushing to keep nine field offices for the ...

A coalition of California lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse its decision to close nine ...

Faced with water shortages, some California farmers are turning to solar energy as a sustainable way to use fallow land.

Cuts to USDA grants are hitting small farmers hard, and threaten to upend building a more resilient local food supply chain.

Under President Trump, the USDA is rolling back programs intended to strengthen local food supply chains. Small scale farmers ...

Marcos Fernandez, who has volunteered on and off for the last eight months, carries a box of food to a recipient on foot at the Verbo Food Pantry in North Fair Oaks on Oct. 16, 2024. Photo by Anna ...

Federal programs that help feed families, support local farmers ... California Pan-Ethnic Network, warn that the consequences would be widespread. "Every single Californian will be impacted by ...

Closure of these offices would severely hamper USDA’s ability to support farmers ... Jimmy Panetta. California lawmakers also raised concerns in February about federal budget cuts that ...