…are designed to help these stakeholders comply with new food safety guidelines established by the Food and Drug Administration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). “As growing demand for…
Lawsuit Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s Purchase of Delta Islands
…County Superior Court, asks the Court to enjoin MWD from purchasing the property unless and until it completes the environmental review required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). MWD…
Agri View: School Lunch Program
…day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946. Program Fact Sheet Program History School Breakfast Program (SBP) The School Breakfast…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…catalyzes the digestive power of microbes and selected species of red earthworms to naturally remove up to 99% of contaminants from Fetzer Vineyards’ wastewater, in as little as four hours….
Spring Fruit Blossoms
…swell, they lose the ability to withstand cold winter temperatures. The young, actively growing tissues will be damaged or killed by warmer and warmer temperatures. Swollen fruit buds can often…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…Act of 1979 established strict controls on the level of beef imports allowed into the United States. But fast-food hamburger retailers have pushed to ensure that NAFTA will abolish or…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…to feral hogs without harming other creatures, he said, noting that hogs respond differently to the compound than other livestock and wildlife species. If ultimately approved, it would be for…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…But tragically, the current federal policy, which wasted more than 250 billion gallons of water into the ocean in January, February, and March, has failed to protect the species while…
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
…water quality requirements, relative priority of water rights, contractual obligations, and endangered species protection measures. This initial CVP allocation is also based on conservative assumptions regarding Delta operations over the…
Red-cedar’s Impact on Prairie Chickens
New Study Highlights Red-cedar’s Impact on Prairie Chickens, Helps Improve Conservation Efforts Photo of prairie after red-cedars are removed. (Photo courtesy of NRCS) A new study offers the first empirical…
Agri View: Soybeans, U. S. Second Largest Crop
…Soybeans The soybean in North America, also called the soya bean in Europe (Glycine max), is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean…
Agri View: Farm-Raised
…Chilean seabass” (only caught in the wild) or “wild Atlantic salmon” (an endangered species and not commercially available). If you think you’re being served a less desirable substitute or a…
NFU to Survey on 2014 Farm Bill Policies
With the 2014 Agricultural Act in full effect and a new Farm Bill debate on the horizon, the National Farmers Union (NFU) is conducting a survey of family farmers and…
Agreement to Raise California’s Minimum Wage Announced
…valves – known as “off-ramps” – to pause wage hikes if negative economic or budgetary conditions emerge. The Governor can act by September 1 of each year to pause the…