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IPM evolves to battle new pests
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Several stages of red gum lerp psyllid, one of the newest eucalpytus pests. Inset, entomologist Don Dahlsten checks a trap to monitor the adult psyllid and its parasitoid. Photos by Jack Kelly Clark.
Farm to fork: Can we provide safe, healthy food for all?
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As California's population grows and changes, scientists are improving their understanding of how to optimize nutrition for better health and well-being. Providing healthful and safe food for the state, nation and world will require skillful monitoring of an increasingly global food supply, with its massive distribution, processing and storage systems. At farmers' markets, such as this one in Arcata, consumers still obtain some of their food from local growers. In the 21st century, will we be able to provide safe, healthy food for all? Photo by Phil Schermeister.
On the horizon: Agriculture's new millennium
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On the wired farm of the future, growers may use advanced information technology to precisely monitor water needs, weed and pest pressure, soil, and other factors on small field sections. Site-specific management will be used in concert with other developing technologies. The increasing popularity of biologically integrated and sustainable farming systems, along with new agricultural biotechnology for crops and live-stock, could significantly transform the way food and fiber are produced in the 21st century. Illustration courtesy of John Deere Company.
Mapping vineyard expansion: a novel use of GIS
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With economic boom times, statewide wine grape acreage has increased 53% since 1990. Scientists have examined growth in Sonoma County (see pp 4-20). - Photo by Jack kelly Clark
Fight or flight: Hard choices for natural resources
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Snow geese forage in a harvested corn field in the Sacramento Delta. While swelling numbers of these birds are a problem in the Midwest and the Canadian Arctic, snow geese are stable in California. At one time, they were in serious decline.
The Central Valley is the most important winter stopover along the Pacific Flyway for millions of birds. The struggle to preserve natural resources such as water, land, and wildlife while maintaining a strong agricultural economy, will require Californians to make difficult choices in the future. Will we fight to strike a balance, or allow our resources to slip away?Cover photo by B. Moose Peterson/WRP.
California's changing face: The challenge ahead
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Californian's are becoming more numerous, urbanized, and diverse. The future will also see rising proportions of aging baby boomers and ethnic youth. Photo by Ken Fisher/ Tony Stone Images.
November-December 2000
Volume 54, Number 6
Volume 54, Number 6