Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took the unprecedented step Tuesday of banning fishing in the San Francisco Bay and off portions of the Northern California coast until Dec. 1 because of last week's oil spill. The decision will delay the local Dungeness crab season past Thanksgiving and could end up delaying the start of the herring season, the only commercial fishery left in the Bay. Contra Costa Times 11/14/07
In a deal worked out between the Port of San Francisco and members of the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association, commercial crabbers, who over the weekend agreed to delay their Dungeness season, are now plying the bay to help with the cleanup of last week's fuel spill from the container ship. SF Chronicle 11/14/07
Central Valley farmers are bucking a national trend and sticking with cotton. Nationally, many cotton growers are moving toward grains, like wheat. The national shift is due in part to a global trade battle over the US cotton subsidy program. Pensacola News Journal 11/14/07
A portrait of popular comic Dilbert creator, Scott Adams’, attempts to manage a restaurant in the East Bay in the NY Times also highlights some of the realities of independent restaurant ownership. Adams moved into a management position at one of his restaurants in the face of competition from popular chain restaurants gaining popularity in the area. 11/11/07
In Pennsylvania, and soon Ohio, dairies will no longer be able to label their milk as ‘free of artificial bovine growth hormone’ for a number of reasons. Competing companies have complained that in the eyes of the USDA milk with the hormone and without it are the same, and they cite, cows naturally produce an amount of rBGH. Also, a number of large grocers, Kroger, Publix and Costco for example, already use it for their house brands. There are currently no scientific tests able to verify the claim ‘non-rBGH’. NY Times 11/11/07
For years, the arrival of an ethanol distillery in agricultural America was greeted mainly with delight, a ticket to the future in places plagued by economic uncertainty. Now, faced with the reality of plants in their own backyards, locals bemoan an increase in noise, traffic, odor, emissions and demand on the water system. NY Times 11/13/07
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