A new report says California can grow more food with less water.

mexican native herbs

Drought, climate change endanger the French truffle harvest.

A major new report on the effects of climate change on American agriculture.

Japan is running out of butter.

Indigenous livestock breeds are dying off around the world.

Considering drinking Coke in an effort to cut down on our global water consumption? Think again.

The world’s love for the dark stuff is causing a massive global shortage of cacao beans.

The peerless New May Wah market on Clement Street between Ninth and Eighth Avenues had one-pound bags of Sichuan peppercorns (hua jiao) against the eastern wall when I shopped there last week. Eight dollars. I hope this means...

As we enter the peak of the local produce season, this may interest many of you, particularly with the late start to the season, the (former?) drought in northern Maine, and the recent weather. Link:...

The drought warnings haven’t been lifted, but I’m still wondering what my fellow chowhounders' experiences have been with tap water service at restaurants. Earlier threads show many of you were not happy when...

I was speaking with the rancher/ owner of Buffalo Horn Ranch at the Grassroots Northland Farmers Market yesterday, and he told me it was a pretty tough year due to the drought, and they are having to slaughter 1/3 of there mature...

Widespread drought?

After a couple months' drought, you can again get sheep ricotta cheese at the Cowgirl Creamery store in the ferry building (at Embarcadero and the foot of Market) in San Francisco. I have been asking for a while. I even sometimes...

We live in La Crescenta and as many poeple know there is a drought of good food up there. There is a truck run by a nice family that parks in the AUTOZONE parking lot in tujunga. It has about the best Asada and El Pastor tacos...