…(SIP) Certification, Sustainable Ag Expo, Earth Day Food and Wine Weekend, and various research and education programs. Since inception, with a myriad of programs that advance the industry’s commitment to…
Ride the Bus to SWRCB Hearing in Sacramento
…Coalition’s recent blog about reversing this staff decision to deny limited water supply deliveries. Bus Transportation will be available from the Valley. For information and to make a reservation for…
Spring Fling Fundraiser
Tickets are available for the popular Spring Fling event, which will be held March 13, 2015 at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds. The fundraising efforts of this evening filled with great food,…
Western View: Sustainable Agriculture
…production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare. That seems like a lot to…
USFRA Looks to Storytelling to Educate Consumers
…produce their food. With most Americans living miles from where their food is produced – and generations removed from the farm – telling the story of where our food comes…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…control. In addition to these projects, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded more than $23 million dollars for research and education project to find lasting solutions to citrus…
USDA: Slow Snowpack Development for Much of the West
…the Southwest wasn’t enough to take these regions out of drought conditions. In Western states where snowmelt accounts for the majority of seasonal water supply, information about snowpack serves as…
West Coast Ports Close for the Weekend, Impacting Major Citrus Export Opportunity
…food destined for those that want it thereby diminishing revenues for innocent stakeholders is not a vehicle that should be pursued, but that is exactly what the two parties are…
California’s Three Largest Dairy Cooperatives Submit Proposal for California to Join the Federal Milk Marketing Order
…Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s premier agribusiness and food companies, is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from farm production to consumer foods. With 2013…
Success in the Cafeteria-part 3
…two segments of this series. Part 1: The approaches some schools are using to get kids to eat more and stop wasting cafeteria food. Part 2: The reasons why kids…
Agri View: Food Safety
Everett Griner talks about our food reserves being properly protected in today’s Agri View. Food Safety…
Success in the Cafeteria-part 2
…school cafeterias across the country reduce plate waste in school lunches Cathy Isom takes a look at the reasons why students are wasting cafeteria food. Success in the Cafeteria-part 2…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…were issued last year to junior water right holders — those who acquired their water rights after 1914 — due to lack of supply, the board said. Sutter County walnut…
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…