The USDA and Environmental Protection Agency are teaming up for “The Food Waste Challenge”. Rod Bain reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
Beef Label Changes to Come?
USDA food safety officials want consumers to know if the beef cuts they are buying have been mechanically tenderized. Gary Crawford has the details. Click to open or download audio…
Fighting Food Loss
The Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency have teamed up their efforts to fight food loss by launching the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Susan Carter has the story….
New Technology in Agriculture, Part Two
…provide data which is then used to create better systems for the future. Bottens says advances in agriculture technology are important. For New Technology in Agriculture, Part 1, click here….
No-Till Cotton Production
…management, using crop covers, and water conservation at a field day in Western Fresno. Cropping systems specialist with the University of California, Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell organized the event and shared…
Field Days Coming Up
…on Thursday near Dos Palos, in Fresno County. It’s organized by the Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation Center, and is a a two-stop field tour of innovative and cost-cutting no-till cotton…
Practice Food Safety While Marinating Meat
A USDA food safety expert offers tips on how to use marinades on meat and poultry while applying food safety. Rod Bain has more. Click to open or download audio…
Taking a Closer Look at Nutrition
During the annual Washington Post Live forum Future of Food last week, the focus was on the latest trends in food and nutrition. Susan Carter has more. Click to open…
Update on Senate Farm Bill Debate
…have prohibited crop insurance payments for tobacco failed earlier today. Also failing, the amendment that would have allowed states to require special labeling for foods that contain GMOs. Below is…
ASA Releases Video Touting Sugar Program
…disarming and becoming dependent on subsidized foreign suppliers. “Depending on other countries for a food staple was a recipe for disaster, which is why America created its sugar policy and…
ASA Statement on Senate Sugar Policy Vote
…producers an unfair competitive advantage over Americans and left us more dependent on foreign suppliers for a food staple. And, it would not advance a free market for global sugar…
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…whether foreign workers will grow and harvest our food. That is a matter of fact. It is about whether those foreign workers will tend crops here in the United States,…
Education Helps in Ag Water Fight
…so we have that responsibility in the ag community to educate people of where their food comes from and the reason why we need that water,” she continued. “We need…
Farmers and Immigration Reform
…affect agriculture and the nation’s food supply. To find your House representative, click here. To find your Senator, click here. For the California Grape and Tree Fruit League, click here….