…Governor Brown has signed accords to fight climate change with leaders from Mexico, China, Canada, Japan, Israel and Peru. The Governor also issued a groundbreaking call to action with hundreds…
The Western View: The Farmer’s Daughter
…– which would challenge the misconceptions some people have about farming, and the outright falsifications extremists use to sell organic products. She is using her social media skills to build…
USDA: Record Number of Organic Producers in U.S.
…more diverse type of operations and the more growing market sectors we have in American agriculture, the better off our country’s rural economy will be.” Organic Operations by State USDA…
Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s
…the pest until two years ago when it began to rapidly build back up in population. Treatments are not helping this time around, because the whitefly just comes back a…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review April 10
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, better cherry blossoms, an app to…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…ripple effects of idled land in layoffs at farms, packinghouses and other rural businesses. We know not only the human cost of those layoffs, but the impact on the tax…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…than usual or buy water from other farmers. (Groundwater pumping replaced roughly 75% of the lost surface water.) Better groundwater management is a top priority Groundwater is California agriculture’s largest…
USDA to Issue Disaster Assistance to Help Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…losses, represent more than half of ELAP recipients. The farm bill caps ELAP disaster funding at $20 million per federal fiscal year and the Budget Control Act of 2011, passed…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
…into 2016. Additional actions required by the order include: Taking action against water agencies in depleted groundwater basins that have not shared data on their groundwater supplies with the state;…
The Western View: We’re Not The Bad Guys
…need to recycle more, clean up and use waste water. And we need to put our great scientific minds to work looking for cheaper and better ways to desalinate. I’m…
Onion E.coli Trial Fails to Show Bacteria
The Food Modernization Safety Act is seeking to make fresh produce safer, and an ongoing trial in Oregon involving onions was a prime place to start researching. E.coli Trial Findings…
Ant Treatment Option Could Be Phased Out
…near future. Tollerup says the other option is better, however. Baits are intended to target the nest and take out the colony for a longer period of time, although Tollerup…
More than $1.6 M for California as USDA Announces Grants for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs
…better understand strategies for promoting healthy eating behaviors through mindful eating among children and families in the Hispanic community; The UC Berkeley project will seek to improve dietary intake and…
Governor Brown Signs $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
…water, water recycling, conservation awareness, water system modeling, species tracking, infrastructure and flood protection funding. For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ Today’s announcement builds on unprecedented action from…