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Too Much Regulation in California Agriculture? 5 Feb 2011 | 08:19 pm
Too many regulations, contradictory regulations, too much paperwork, rules that are way too complex, compliance costs that are out of proportion with benefits - such sentiments are echoed by some of o...
Water Movie Ideas 24 Aug 2010 | 07:35 am
Ron Duncan, manager for the Soquel Creek Water District and columnist for his local paper, the Santa Cruz Sentinel is suggesting some cool water related videos that are fun to watch and provide lots o...
Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture - Linking Science with Policy 20 Jun 2010 | 07:45 pm
...that was the title of our international conference this week in Burlingame/San Francisco. Complete with pre-conference workshops and a post-conference tour of lovely Sonoma Valley and it's dairies ...
Food and Fuel Consumption the Biggest Environmental Stressors 6 Jun 2010 | 04:22 pm
Today is World Environment Day. On that occasion, UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) this week released a report "Assessing Environmental Impacts of Production and Consumption" (press relea...
For want of a drink 24 May 2010 | 06:56 am
...is the title of a phantastic special issue on water in the Economist this week. An absolutely worthwhile read, front to back, for anyone interested in a primer on the global context of water, drink...
Pathogens, Water, and Animal Agriculture 20 May 2010 | 09:46 am
This week, I am participating in a USDA funded workshop at beautiful Cornell University to discuss waterborne disease occurrence, management and control in agricultural regions. The workshop, put toge...
Scrap Irrigated Biofuel Crops & Plant Solar Farms! 5 Dec 2009 | 10:45 pm
After thinking some more about the numbers in yesterday's blog, here is a revolutionary idea: take irrigated biofuel crops already existing in the sunny Southwest (including California) out of product...
Water and Land Use Intensity of Solar Power vs. Biofuels 5 Dec 2009 | 03:06 pm
In continuing to grasp some basic land use and (ground)water use issues associated with energy production, it occurred to me during some recent discussions with my wondeful friends and colleagues Step...
Surviving (Mega-) Droughts - Of Course on Groundwater! 3 Nov 2009 | 12:21 am
Two speakers with real world examples on the role of groundwater in today's world of drought preparedness followed Scott Stine's talk in a session on managing drought, held at this year's Biennial Gro...
Surviving Mega-Droughts - on Groundwater? 30 Oct 2009 | 07:18 pm
At the recent California Biennial Groundwater Conference, I was assigned to chair a special session on "Thriving (or Surviving) in Times of Drought". Scott Stine, California State University East Bay,...
