…from is not only important – it’s vital. Cathy Isom checks into some of the different ways the USFRA is getting their message out. USFRA Looks to Storytelling to Educate…
Avocados Being Consumed in Record Numbers This Year
Cathy Isom tells us about a surprising fruit flying off of produce shelves in record numbers — and what we’re learning about its health benefits. Avocados Consumed in Record Numbers…
Success in the Cafeteria-part 3
In the final report of this series Cathy Isom looks into the new ways schools are marketing cafeteria choices to kids. Success in the Cafeteria-part 3 Check out the first…
Success in the Cafeteria-part 2
In part 2 of the 3-part series in the USDA’s efforts to help school cafeterias across the country reduce plate waste in school lunches Cathy Isom takes a look at…
Success in the Cafeteria — Part 1
In the first of a three-part series, Cathy Isom looks at the approaches some schools are using to get kids to eat more and stop wasting cafeteria food. Success in…
A Centennial Celebration for USDA Market News
USDA Market News is celebrating 100 years of delivering market news. Cathy Isom reports on how it started and where it’s going from here. A Centennial Celebration…
Farm Radio News/Talk Show Comes to Monterey County
…reporter Cathy Isom; The Western View, a weekly commentary on farming and California rural lifestyles by long-time ag reporter and 30-year writer for California Farmer, Len Wilcox. Farm City Newsday…
Fighting Old Safety Problems with Poultry
Cathy Isom Americans love to eat chicken. Cathy Isom reports in an effort to curb foodborne illnesses related to chicken and poultry such as Salmonella, the USDA is proposing new…
Ag Leaders On Hand as Governor Brown Signs Landmark Groundwater Legislation
…California Groundwater Rules the Governor today – AB 1739 by Assemblymember Roger Dickinson (D-Sacramento) and Senate Bills 1168 and 1319 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) – create a framework…
Governor Signs First California Groundwater Rules
…necessary. It also allows for water metering and fines to monitor and enforce restrictions. SB1168, SB1319 and AB1739 by Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, and Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, passed…
NFU on COOL: Consumers Have a Right To Know
…Union President Roger Johnson says Country of Origin Labeling will give consumers the comfort of knowing where their food comes from and allows farmers and ranchers to show their pride…
Global Food Safety Agreement Signed by China and UC Davis
…new challenges, improve the health of consumers and maintain the integrity of the global food supply chain.” Roger Beachy, executive director of the UC Davis World Food Center, noted that…
Ag Industry Reacts to EPA Draft Rule for Air
…plan – but effects will also hit home in rural America. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson – however – says the changing climate has already begun to affect agriculture…
Subcommittee Examines Economic Factors, Regulatory Burdens Plaguing the Livestock Industry
…Witness List: Panel I Dr. Joseph Glauber, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Panel 2 Mr. Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C. Mr. Shane Miller, Senior…