The California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) is reporting that export demand for California farm products is rising.

     “Continued increases in agricultural exports remain a hopeful sign for the California farmers, marketers, truck drivers and dockworkers who move the products to market,” says the bureau.

An open primary system like California's has been upheld by a Washington federal judge, bolstering the odds that similar challenges to the Golden State's new election law will also fail.

Second Amendment activists are celebrating a California court's decision to block a pending state law that would restrict the sale of certain types of handgun ammunition.

The budget proposes to offload state responsibilities like public safety and health services onto local governments, funding them for five years with money raised if voters approve the extension of tax hikes in June.

Mother Earth News is reporting that more farmers are turning to locally grown organic seeds. This according to a survey provided to over 200 U.S. and Canadian seed companies.