May-June 1998

Cover: The Discovery Bay development in Contra Costa County was initially approved for 3,600 homes. In 1996 the county approved an additonal 2,000 units. The western edge of the development borders agricultural land. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark

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California Agriculture, May-June 1998

Volume 52, Number 3
Where city meets country: farming at the fragile edge

peer-reviewed research articles

Perspective: Statewide farmland protection is fragmented, limited
by Steve Sanders
pp5-11, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p5
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Urban growth squeezes agriculture
by Albert G. Medvitz
pp8-9, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p8
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Conflicts arise on the urban fringe
by Mary E. Handel
pp11-16, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p11
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Views in the Suisun Valley: Rural dwellers divided on how to head off urbanization
by Mary Handel , Al Sokolow
pp14, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p14
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North Bay leads Central Valley in protecting farmland
by Alvin D. Sokolow
pp17-22, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p17
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Permissive growth policies may encourage speculative investment in farmland
by Michal C. Moore
pp23-27, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p23
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Land trusts conserve California farmland
by Erik Vink
pp27-31, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p27
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Fungal pathogen controls thrips in greenhouse flowers
by Brook C. Murphy , Tunyalee A. Morisawa , Julie P. Newman , Steve A. Tjosvold , Michael P. Parrella
pp32-36, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p32
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Legumes show success on Central Coast rangeland
by William H. Weitkamp , Walter L. Graves
pp37-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p37
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Steering a course to farmland protection
by Alvin Sokolow
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n03p2
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