@fresnobeebob.bsky.social
Reporter with The Fresno Bee covering agriculture.
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California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Fig fanatic brings exotic fruit flavors to customers. ‘Part of Fresno’s history’
Fig fanatic brings exotic fruit flavors to customers. ‘Part of Fresno’s history’
“Before you know it, I had about 100 fig varieties growing in pots around the house.”
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August 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Fig fanatic brings exotic fruit flavors to customers. ‘Part of Fresno’s history’
America’s Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
America’s Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry
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July 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
America’s Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
If you love cherries, you better move fast and buy them, they are in short supply.
Cherry crops failing in Fresno, Tulare from heat. ‘This has never happened’
One west Fresno County farmer had little to no cherries to harvest because of last year’s brutal summer.
www.fresnobee.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you love cherries, you better move fast and buy them, they are in short supply.
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🚨🚨 Concerning genetic mutation found in #H5N1 #BirdFlu dairy cows -- likely 4 herds in San Bernardino County: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Bird flu-infected San Bernardino dairy cows may have concerning new mutation
A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say could not only make the virus more lethal, but increase its spread between mamm...
www.latimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🚨🚨 Concerning genetic mutation found in #H5N1 #BirdFlu dairy cows -- likely 4 herds in San Bernardino County: www.latimes.com/environment/...
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We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
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Florida has been blasted with stronger hurricanes than ever before. A prolific disease carried by insects continues to devastate orange groves. And, on top of all that, consumers are watching their sugar intake. It’s adding up to a disaster for Tropicana orange juice. cnn.it/4kkaRC6
February 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Florida has been blasted with stronger hurricanes than ever before. A prolific disease carried by insects continues to devastate orange groves. And, on top of all that, consumers are watching their sugar intake. It’s adding up to a disaster for Tropicana orange juice. cnn.it/4kkaRC6
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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.