Food and Farming

California cattle ranchers fight to survive

President honors Alice Waters’ vision of ethical food with medal

Drought's wrath: Valley orange grower's livelihood drying up

Strange drought allies: Rice farmers, urban environmentalists

A sprinkle of compost helps rangeland lock up carbon

California's drought-prone pattern forcing farmers to adapt

Small farmers have poor record in antitrust cases

Small butchers wary of USDA's food safety plan

Dems work to keep subsidies for agribusiness

Pelosi leads the House to go organic in its cafeterias

Despite a loss, progress seen on farm subsidy reform

State's farmers don't want subsidies, but research would be nice

Coastal farmer gives a big raspberry to 'chemical strawberries'

Farm bill helps huge farmers, not California's innovative ones