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Rubber is a critical raw material needed for car tires, personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves, and many more everyday products. Anytime you’re going anywhere, you’re using rubber. Now, supply chain disruptions have thrown the rubber industry into a tailspin. “We could be on the cusp of a rubber apocalypse,” Ohio State University professor Katrina Cornish told...

Some in Singapore are turning to urban farming in this land-scarce city, as they look for ways to turn waste into resources for electronics or cosmetics.

Beijing on Friday announced that it would temporarily stop imports of the tropical fruit from the island from March 1.

NBC 7 Responds’ Consumer Bob looked at how some farmers are adapting now that some of their biggest customers have stopped ordering.

NBC 7’s Consumer Bob went to a local farm to see how they’re coping with the changes.

One local business in Ramona is hoping to spread a little cheer during this very uncertain time.

NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews has more.

Stand on any block around lunchtime near Amazon.com’s downtown Seattle headquarters and there are two common sights: people walking their dogs and people buying lunch at food trucks. The scene offers a window into Seattle’s infatuations with dogs (and cats), which outnumber children here, and the maturing roaming food truck market. Now, one truck is combining both by catering to...

Pennsylvania now lags well behind many other states when it comes to renewable energy investment and output. A farmer and an entrepreneur say farmland can reshape the state’s energy economy.

Brian Malarkey resigned from the Hakkasan Group on March 21 to focus on his company Puffer Malarkey Restaurants.

There were many new, delicious additions to San Diego’s dining scene this week – including some seriously must-try Japanese ramen. But we also can’t ignore that our hearts broke when Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles postponed its plans to expand to San Diego. Eater San Diego shares these stories and other top news of the week from our local...

San Diego’s Liberty Public Market is back at it, adding another round of new vendors, including a Greek-inspired eatery that serves Saganaki – also known as fried cheese. Eater San Diego takes us into the tasty world of the top stories of the week from our local food and drink scene.

With a new album out and a show at Belly Up on June 21, the Black Lips’ Cole Alexander talks gardening, stage antics, the Middle East and death — it really is “a rock & roll weirdo telenovela.”

A couple of years ago, Jay Ruskey, a seasoned California farmer, tapped San Diego to grow high-end coffee that he and his team believe will sell for around $15 a cup.

Climate change is posing an existential threat to the precarious lives of farmers across the country. More intense and frequent weather disasters are wiping out entire harvests, and warmer winters are exposing crops to severe frost damage. For apples, a warm spell in the winter will force trees to flower prematurely and expose the buds to unpredictable winter frosts, hail...

A night on the town in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter could look very different in the near future.

NBC 7’s Joe Little talks to business owners about the idea of Fifth Avenue becoming a pedestrian promenade.

From pumpkin beer to pumpkin mac n cheese, this is too gourd to be true. Check out all the pumpkin flavored food and drink and of course pumpkins at Farmer John’s in Half Moon Bay. As seen on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019.

Feast on the fresh seafood and gourmet cocktails at Sand Dollar Restaurant in Stinson Beach As seen on California Live on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

Oh my gourd. Malou Nubla shows off the Half Moon Bay haunt at Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm on California Live Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.