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MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023.  BY BILLY ABBOTT, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. The BirdReturns-Delta Farmlands Program is an opportunity in late summer-early fall this year for farmers and landowners in the Yolo and Delta Basins of the Central Valley, including the Sacramento-San...

MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023.  BY RANDY CAPAROSO. Featured image: 2022 harvest in Lodi, a wine region in which warm climatic conditions are utilized to optimal advantage. Boy, it's been a hot July. Everywhere. This, ironically, follows an unusually cool month of June in...

MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023.  BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College is now offering wine appreciation courses for the Fall 2023 quarter, with some beginning as early as August 21, 2023. Course information provided by Delta College is below. How to...

MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023.  BY VINEPAIR. VinePair's Wine 101 is an educational podcast for the everyday wine lover. In this series, they shine a light on some of the great wines being made beyond the more well-known AVAs. In Northern California, just east of San Francisco...

MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023.  BY USDA (APHIS). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Spotted Lanternfly Strategic Planning Working Group has released the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Five-Year Strategy for fiscal years...