Larger Stands Spell Relief for Farmers: Supervisors Pass Ordinance That Gives East Contra Costa Growers More Ways to Sell Their Products
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By Erin Sherbert, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 8--East Contra Costa farmers soon will be able to operate larger roadside stands as well as farm markets, giving them more opportunities to sell their fruits and vegetables.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 23--A new marketplace planned to spring from agricultural land west of Boynton Beach got a go-ahead Thursday from the Palm Beach County Commission.
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By Karen de Sa, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 6--Mansions that block views from miles around will be tougher -- if not impossible -- to build on unincorporated hilltops from Cupertino to East San Jose, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has decided.
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As farmers markets have bloomed throughout the area, authorities are getting stricter about enforcing regulations that govern samples.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 22--Speakers at the Colorado Agricultural Outlook Forum Wednesday in Denver offered varying ideas for farmers to make their operations more environmentally friendly.
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By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 6--STOCKTON -- Port commissioners approved to acquire, through eminent domain, roughly 3 acres south of Highway 4 at Daggett Road to make room for a signal light, turn lanes and other improvements at the intersection.
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Processed produce has a long journey from the grower to the table, increasing the number of chances for contamination &#151; and making it easier to spread.
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By TOM DAYKIN  A $70 million development proposed for the Park East area won approval Monday from a County Board committee, but only after supervisors voted to add a new level to the county's approval process for such proposals.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 13--Fresno County supervisors reversed course Tuesday and agreed to let Clovis develop plans for 511 rural acres east of town, bolstering the city's efforts to hang on to its second-largest manufacturer.
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Farmers are part of a national movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--It's been 12 years in the recipe stage, and now it's about to be served for approval to the Placer County Board of Supervisors.
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By GALLOWAY, Jill  Lots of farmers have stood next to their dairy effluent ponds and watched the biogas bubble up and disappear into the air.
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By Chelsea Phua, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--A new sign-posting ordinance will give Sacramento County residents early notice of development projects proposed in their neighborhoods, county officials said.
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California regulators on Thursday ordered farmers to stop employing field hands to weed commercial crops by hand, becoming the first state in the nation to limit such back-wrenching work.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep.
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By Allen Pierleoni, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--Two more products arrived in the marketplace recently, more of the gear that attends outdoor recreation to the point that the gear becomes an industry in itself.
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By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 3--The Board of Supervisors is considering opening vast swaths of land -- more than 20,000 additional acres -- to development in eastern Sacramento County.   Supervisors also are entertaining a request from developer Angelo K.