By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times California’s drought has driven the prices of some fruits and vegetables up substantially, but others are actually cheaper than they were a year ago. In fact, the U.S. Agriculture Department’s forecast for produce prices predicts modest increases of 2 to 3 percent. Why aren’t fruit and vegetable prices skyrocketing […]
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By David Smith, Griffin’s Guide This year could produce a morel mushroom harvest worth millions upon millions of dollars. 2014 experienced a glut of forest fires in the northwest regions of the U.S. and Canada. Multiple fires burned thousands of acres from Northern California on up through the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada. That’s […]
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By Sonya Sorich, Sacramento Business Journal As competition for local grocery shoppers’ attention increases, Raley’s Inc. is heightening its focus on wine. So don’t be surprised if you soon see a wine steward in your local Raley’s store, ready to help you decide which adult beverage to serve at your big Saturday night dinner. “It’s our […]
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By Carolyn Gregoire, Huffington Post We know that too much sugar is bad for our waistlines and our heart health, but now there’s mounting evidence that high levels of sugar consumption can also have a negative effect on brain health — from cognitive function to psychological wellbeing. While sugar is nothing to be too concerned […]
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By Rebecca Bryson April 2 was a special day for some second-graders in Denise Pillsbury’s class at Sierra House Elementary School. The first to plant their arugula seeds way back in the cold month of January, they were the first class to harvest their bounty from the domes. Arugula is not typically a kid favorite with its […]
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By Michael Hill, AP CHATHAM, N.Y. — The maple sap bubbling away in Ron Davis’ upstate New York sugar house is destined for pancakes, waffles, sweets and — for years now — beer kegs. The local syrup adds a touch of woodsy sweetness to the maple amber beer made by nearby Chatham Brewing, one of […]
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By Simon Worrall, National Geographic They provide us with beef and milk, the gel coating for pills, soap, ice cream, baseballs, and printing ink. But our dependence on cattle, especially the beef we consume in larger quantities per person than any other country except Argentina and Luxembourg, comes at a cost: industrial feedlots where cattle […]
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By Noelle Carter, Los Angeles Times Growing up, I associated maple flavor with the pancake syrup found at the breakfast table. It was sweet but mostly flavorless. As if its only purpose was to baptize food in a sticky coating of liquid sugar. I wasn’t the biggest fan. Today it seems maple is everywhere. It […]
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By Kathryn Reed A creamy soup without any cream. Already it’s healthier than so many others. I’m not sure I have had a spinach soup before, but in keeping with the spinach kick I’ve be on this year, I figured this would be a new way to ingest this leafy vegetable. The curry-oil drizzle as […]
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee Sacramento is set to host a new beer convention in September that is expected to attract thousands of people, bring millions of dollars to the city and continue the momentum of its “America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital” marketing campaign. The California Craft Beer Summit will include seminars, demonstrations, hands-on learning opportunities […]
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