Naoki Nitta, Author at Modern Farmer - Page 2 of 3
California’s ‘Local Food Producers’ Hope Proposed New Label Will Boost Support 

Despite offices being closed, Sundays are the busiest day of the week at the Marin... (more)

Naoki Nitta
May 19, 2023
Electric Tractors are Rolling Out in the Field. Here’s What That Could...

A quiet revolution is rolling across American farms—and it’s so hushed that you may have... (more)

Naoki Nitta
April 10, 2023
Squeezing the Most Out of California’s Water Supply

On a recent market day at the San Francisco Ferry Building, Tory and Rebecca Torosian... (more)

Naoki Nitta
March 21, 2023
Calculating New Options for Shrinking Rice Fields

George Tibbitts, a third-generation farmer in Arbuckle, CA, has been growing rice on his 1,200-acre... (more)

Naoki Nitta
March 6, 2023
Why This Company Says the Popular H-2A Visa is Overdue for a...

In parts of rural Mexico, there’s a visa that farmworkers treat like gold—yet nobody knows... (more)

Naoki Nitta
February 15, 2023
California Farms and Farmworkers Attempt to Recover From Record Floods

For Manuel, an orchard worker in California, this should normally be a busy time of... (more)

Naoki Nitta
January 24, 2023
New Solar Panels Allow Farmers to See the Light

Arable land is at an all-time premium. Since the last ice age, humans have cleared... (more)

Naoki Nitta
January 16, 2023
How High-Pressure Processing Is Helping Remote Farmers Bring Fresher Foods to Market

A cold preservation method is pumping more value into crops by capturing ripeness and extending... (more)

Naoki Nitta
May 18, 2022
Stretching California’s Rice Belt

To cope with water restrictions in a drought-stricken state, the rice industry is looking to... (more)

Naoki Nitta
March 7, 2022
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