4+ week, 1+ day ago   (78+ words) Mendocino stopped counting its crops — the new ag commissioner is catching up The Mendocino Voice MENDOCINO CO., 8/14/26 — Before Angela Godwin moved north in 2024 to become Mendocino County’s agricultural commissioner, she did what any numbers person would do: she looked up…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1670+ words) MENDOCINO CO., 7/15/26 — The federal money that paid Mendocino County farmers to grow food for their hungry neighbors ran out at the end of May. The Ukiah nonprofit that oversaw the program says nothing here can take its place. “While we…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (993+ words) O’Neill: Consistent seed-starting drives the operation The Mendocino Voice Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1666+ words) MENDOCINO CO., 5/15/26 — The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District wants to buy the Potter Valley Project. Rep. Jared Huffman, whose own district covers the Eel River basin, has been asking the same question many here are asking: why the interest from…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (858+ words) MENDOCINO CO., 5/1/26 — The Potter Valley Project, a century-old hydropower complex in Mendocino County, is on its way to the recycle bin. PG&E filed last summer to surrender its federal license. Two dams — Scott and Cape Horn — are coming down....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1661+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, CA., 4/15/26 — After three years of unprecedented closures that devastated California’s fishing industry, commercial salmon fishing is poised to reopen this spring. The return comes with a catch: Regulators at the interstate Pacific Fishery Management Council will strictly constrain…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (198+ words) Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (810+ words) SONOMA CO., 3/25/26 — They were to western Sonoma County what Kona is to macadamia nuts, or sockeye salmon to Bristol Bay: a food emblematic of the region, a comestible that simultaneously drove the local economy and served as a cultural icon....

6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (395+ words) UKIAH, CA., 3/7/26 — The Ukiah City Council has approved new rules reducing energy credits paid to residents who use solar electricity. The City Council this week unanimously approved the city’s utility company to credit some solar users, who installed their systems…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (150+ words) MENDOCINO CO., 2/25/26 – Applications are now open for the 2026 Good Farm Fund Farm Grant Program, which supports small and mid-sized food farms in Mendocino and Lake counties. The annual program funds capacity-building projects that strengthen local agriculture, increase food production for…...