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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

A sign stands outside the USDA Agriculture Research Sciences Center in Parlier on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. About a dozen scientists and researchers have been let go at the center as a result of ...