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KPBS Midday EditionThe New Roots urban farm in City Heights was set up to help new refugees to San Diego use their skills to help put food on the table. Now, the expanding farm has become a business. -
Escondido is moving forward with a wastewater recycling program that could provide relief for farmers struggling with rising water costs. -
Ensenada’s city council voted to strike down a law that would have allowed high-density housing in parts of the valley slated currently for agriculture. -
California's citrus growers are hoping an imported wasp will help in the effort to keep citrus greening disease from gaining a foothold here. -
A tiny Asian insect has arrived in San Diego County with the potential to cause widespread destruction to more than 100 of species of trees, including oaks and avocados. -
Baja California's budding wine industry is fighting against new land-use regulations they say would ruin the valley's rural charm and compromise its scarce water supply. -
A small insect carries the potential to kill San Diego County's commercial citrus industry. The Asian citrus psyllid is capable of spreading a disease that could wipe out a decades-old fixture of San Diego County's agricultural landscape. -
Beekeepers say loosening restrictions would help boost declining bee population -
Pacific oysters are a long-time favorite of discriminating diners in Southern California, and now the Japanese bivalves are increasingly finding a home in local waters. That is prompting some biologists to wonder how the mollusks might impact the near-shore environment. -
San Diego County's agricultural bounty swelled by 4 percent last year, continuing an upward trend.
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