Food and SustainabilityVineyards Likely Unscathed By Rocky FireAugust 10, 2015 | Lesley McClurgWine growers in Lake County have been keeping a close eye on the Rocky Fire, which is California’s largest wildfire this season. Vintners and growers are hoping smoke hasn’t tainted the crop. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilitySacramento City Council Backs Off Healthy Vending Machine RequirementsAugust 7, 2015Sacramento City Council members are reluctantly allowing more junk food offerings into city-owned vending machines. The city struggled to find vendors willing to stock healthy food in the machines. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilitySacramento City Moves To Establish Urban Ag IncentivesAugust 7, 2015 | Bob MoffittThe Sacramento City Council voted last night to make Sacramento an "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone." Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityMassive Toxic Algae Bloom Flourishes Along The West CoastAugust 6, 2015 | Lesley McClurgScientists say the toxic algae bloom off the West Coast could be the largest ever recorded. It stretches from central California to Alaska. It’s bad news for seafood lovers and marine life. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezThe Chemistry of Beer Quality August 6, 2015Charles Bamforth is an Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at UC Davis joins us to talk about the chemistry of beer. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezThe Placer County Wine ComebackAugust 6, 2015Placer County's reputation for a wine region is growing and dates back to the Gold Rush. Joining us to talk about Placer County’s return to winemaking is Grover Lee of Wise Villa Winery and Michael Duarte of Popie Wines. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityCity Asks For More Unhealthy Food In Vending MachinesAugust 5, 2015The City of Sacramento put its vending machine contract out to bid this year. No vendors responded. The City says profit margins are minimized by a requirement for 50 percent "healthy" food items in city-owned machines. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentTimber Plantations Can Make California Wildfires WorseAugust 4, 2015 | Amy QuintonIt’s been almost a year since the King Fire scorched almost 100,000 acres of the Sierra Nevada forest. But this wildfire season could be worse - and it’s not just the drought and high temperatures that are fueling wildfires. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentSacramento Launches 'Mulch Madness' To Save TreesAugust 3, 2015 | Lesley McClurgEven though it's August, there are many streets in Sacramento that look like it's fall. Parched trees are losing their leaves early as a result of the drought. The city is sponsoring a campaign called "Mulch Madness" to save stressed trees. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityCalifornia Fines Six Companies Selling Tainted ProduceJuly 29, 2015(AP) - California pesticide regulators have fined six companies they say ignored warnings and repeatedly sold imported fruits and vegetables that contained illegal pesticide residues.
