…From: Republican Senator Pat Toomey Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a bad trade deal for Pennsylvanians Trade is good. I trade with my grocer so I don’t have to…
Food Scraps
…salt, and many other interesting and tasty combinations can come mostly from scraps. And, don’t forget, dried onions, garlic, and other vegetables can be dried and powdered then used to…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…harvest a crop. And in spite of the effort put forth by our government the number of illegal migrants is staggering. I don’t have any current figures but as far…
Climate Smart Agriculture
…and Agriculture member Don Cameron, of Terranova Ranch, a diversified farming operation in the Central Valley. Researchers from Wageningen UR and the University of California also provided perspective. The Climate…
Decorating With Flowers
…Podging a picture on the outside is also a fun alternative. If you’re not a DIYer and don’t have old paint cans laying around (we don’t all have that? haha),…
Zika Virus Battle
…test area and in another Clovis neighborhood where yard drains haven’t been netted. “We have no results yet. When the study is done, CMAD will give me the data and…
Edible Flowers
…heretical. If plants could talk, wouldn’t they say, you can look, even sniff, but please don’t wolf down my pretty petals? The dainty apple flower, after all, is what gives…
Agri View: Modern Technology
…foods. And who knows what a choice rib-eye would taste like if a farmer didn’t feed it from hoof to marketplace. We need technology. We don’t know about the internet….
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…a crucial to successful harvest. But you don’t see hay stacked anymore. No, not where I live. That’s Agri View for today, I’m Everett Griner. From: Farm Collector History of…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…production was low grower prices. “I don’t want to see any more acres go out,” said Chris Ruddick, a Mendocino County grower. “I think we’ve hit a pretty good balance.”…
Shop Smarter at Farmers Markets
…peach instead! The same thing applies to locality: if you’re in the Northeast or Midwest, don’t bother with bananas or avocados. If you’re in California, well, pretty much everything can…
Agri View: Consuming GMO Crops
…are. Most people in the United States don’t realize that they’ve been eating genetically engineered foods since the mid-1990s. More than 60 percent of all processed foods on U.S. supermarket…
Technology Needed to Meet Population Growth
…growing. Just understanding how much is needed is something we don’t all clearly even understand yet,” Hodgson says. “The premise of the population growing at the rate it is and…
House says ‘No Reason’ to Hold TPP Vote
…Ryan followed up the comment by saying it’s because “we don’t have the votes,” according to Reuters. Despite both U.S. presidential candidates bashing the 12-country trade deal on the campaign…