…technology companies who are doing business in California. It was one of the most successful networking events I’ve ever seen – the conversations were non-stop all around the table and…
2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…food hubs, community supported agriculture programs (CSAs), farm-to-table restaurants and farmers’ markets. To become more inclusive of rural businesses, this year we have removed the requirement that businesses be located…
New ‘Homegrown’ Blog
…the perspective of producers. The gap between urban and rural Americans is growing, and many Americans may not understand how the food on their table gets from the farm to…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…put food on the table for millions of families experiencing hardship. The program has never been more critical to the fight against hunger. Nearly half of SNAP participants are children,…
Pacific Region, Poultry Report
…and 2,352 in April 2015. U.S. April Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.21 billion during April 2016, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 7.10 billion table…
Impacts of Food Waste
…to put food on the table every day, tackling food waste is, and should be, a non-partisan issue that will be most successful by engaging everyone involved, from field to…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…Income Statement items for Q1 2016 that appear in the above table include adjustments for redeployment of employees’ options granted in 2014. The Income Statement items for Q1 2015 that…
National Pick Strawberries Day
…one of the most common fruits in the home garden for both their ease of growth and popularity at the table…if they get that far. There are recipes and uses…
Agri View: Women Farm Operators
…in the case of principal operators. (Table 1) Table 1 Fourty-four percent of all farms reported having two operators, and 7 percent reported three operators involved in day-to-day decision making….
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…than expected raw sugar supply (see table). Since this action did not eliminate the overall cane sector surplus allotment, 500,000 STRV is reassigned from domestic cane sugar allocations to raw…
Veterans for Hire
…employment landscape, HOH placed a huge emphasis on educating employers on what exactly it is that veterans and military spouses bring to the table for a company’s bottom line. Read…
GWSS Egg Hatch Begins, Treatments Underway
…in grapes. Last week (May 4th, 2016) I made a visit to a table grape vineyard in the General Beale area where three of us found more than 40 egg…
Agri View: Ornamental Fish
…(Table 1). The number of species is almost equally divided between freshwater and saltwater species. However, the greatest volume or number of individuals in the trade, some 90-96%, are of…
Agri View: Olives in Florida?
Everett Griner talks about olives as an alternative to citrus in Florida in today’s Agri View. Olives in Florida? From: Florida Olive Council The Florida Olive Blooming Olive Tree –…