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Everything you need to know about fennel, the raw and the cooked, in 12 recipes
There are few vegetables that are as closely identified with Southern California’s sunny winters as fennel. In some areas, in fact, it’s almost impossible to avoid — you can even find it sprouting in sidewalk cracks. The hillsides in Palos Verdes, of course, are covered in the stuff. Wild fennel is perfect for harvesting seed — or, if you have infinite patience, pollen — but the bases themselves are usually too tough and stringy to make good eating. Fennel bulb takes some careful tending to be at its best, and you’re better off getting it at the market than relying on nature. But when you get a good bulb, it really is one of the best winter...
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Everything you need to know about fennel, the raw and the cooked, in 12 recipes
There are few vegetables that are as closely identified with Southern California’s sunny winters as fennel. In some areas, in fact, it’s almost impossible to avoid — you can even find it sprouting in sidewalk cracks. The hillsides in Palos Verdes, of...
Has the farmers market movement peaked?
Have farmers markets become too plentiful for their own good? That’s a question farmers and market managers have been asking for several years. And now there’s evidence that suggests it may be so.
A new study by the Department of Agriculture finds that...
Labor Department settles complaint over its enforcement tactics
Remember that case the federal Department of Labor pursued against a couple of Oregon blueberry growers, accusing them of underpaying their pickers? And the growers pushed back? Well, the feds settled with the growers earlier this week, finally copping to...
Milestones in Antonio Villaraigosa's tenure as L.A. mayor
2005: Antonio Villaraigosa romps past incumbent James K. Hahn to make history, winning election as the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since the city's pioneer days.
2006: Uses his first State of the City address to announce that he will ask the...
Ad hoc farming guild plants seeds for locally sourced grains in L.A.
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Harvesting solutions: How to address the plight of farmworkers in Mexico
Last month, the Los Angeles Times published "Product of Mexico," a four-part series on the abuse of workers on Mexican megafarms that export fruits and vegetables to the United States. The articles and photographs documented dangerous and...
Tricolored blackbird gains endangered species protection in California
The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday granted endangered species protections to the tricolored blackbird, approving the designation on a temporary, emergency basis.
The reason: Statewide surveys show the tricolored blackbird population has...
L.A. backpedals on proposal to ban growing genetically modified crops
Los Angeles lawmakers reversed course late Monday on a proposed ban on the growth of genetically modified crops that had previously faced nearly zero resistance within City Hall.
The proposal would ban selling and planting genetically modified crop...
Why on earth is the City Council trying to ban GMO crops in L.A.?
Even if you hate the idea of genetically modified food, you would gain nothing from a Los Angeles City Council proposal to ban the growing of such crops here. That's because no one grows them in L.A. and as near as anyone knows, no one has any plan to...
California adds 90,100 jobs; unemployment rate drops to 7.2%
California employers added more than 90,000 jobs in November, one of state's largest monthly employment gains in more than a decade, according to federal data.
The state unemployment rate dropped to 7.2%, down from 7.3% last month. That's still...
New Mexico dairy shuts down after undercover activist videotape
Strapped with a surveillance camera, the animal rights activist went undercover this fall to document activities at a New Mexico dairy that supplied cheese products to several major U.S. pizza chains.
He says he was sickened by what he saw — and...
Happier hens, more expensive eggs
To the editor: Thank you for the article on California's legally required transition to treating egg-producing hens humanely. ("Egg prices likely to rise amid laws mandating cage-free henhouses," Dec. 28)
My only quibble is that the article...
Transcript: Gov. Jerry Brown's inaugural address
As prepared for delivery:
Members of the Legislature, the Judiciary, Constitutional Officers, the extended family of my pioneering ancestors and fellow Californians:
An inauguration is always a special occasion but today it is particularly special as...
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Drones may provide big lift to agriculture when FAA allows their use
When Steve Morris began building unmanned aerial systems in the late 1990s, he envisioned flying them over fields and collecting data that would be useful to farmers.
But after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, drones became largely associated with...
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White House threatens to put brakes on alternative fuels
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Yielding to pressure...
Lundberg Family Farms recalls flour products tainted by salmonella
Lundberg Family Farms, a company based in Northern California, is voluntarily recalling two brown rice flour products that may be contaminated with salmonella.
The family-owned company said on its website that it is recalling Eco-Farmed Brown Rice...
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