The 2016 California table olive forecast is 65,000 tons, down 17 percent from last year’s crop of 78,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics…
Farmers Markets Must Visit List
…heirloom tomatoes and just-picked strawberries. Super-sweet peaches shaped like mini UFOs. Artisanal cheeses, emerald-green olive oils, local wildflower honey—California’s farmers’ markets are culinary adventures, a chance to see, taste, and…
The California Kitchen: Espagnole Sauce
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing espagnole sauce with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: Olive Oil Onion Celery Carrot Butter Flour…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…crops were all irrigated by drip, flood, or sprinklers. Olives were sprayed for weed control. The cherry harvest was completed in many counties by month’s end. In Fresno County, rain…
California Citrus Acreage
…report consists of two parts: Table 1 shows estimated statewide bearing acreage for the 2013-14 to 2014-15 seasons. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show detailed acreage data by type, variety,…
Grower Campaign to Help Market Olives
…the California Olive Committee Alex Ott said. The California Olive Commission is comprised of two canneries and hundreds of family farmers who raise olives on about 27,000 acres of orchards….
McDonald’s Announces New Antibiotics Policy
…about eating, all the way from the farm to the restaurant table, and these moves are a way to help that happen.” McDonald’s has been working with its farmers for…
Poultry Review
…Production included 7.10 billion table eggs, and 1.11 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 96 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during June 2016…
The California Kitchen: Blueberry Pomegranate Duck Breast
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing blueberry pomegranate duck breast with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 2 T Olive Oil 12…
Managed Grazing Helps Forests, Experts Say
…as cheatgrass could move in and overtake the landscape, creating a fire hazard. “If you’ve taken one of the tools—grazing—off the table, then you’ve hampered your ability to control that…
Specialty Crop Research and Extension Investments
…Bluff, Pine Bluff, Ark., $50,000 The American Olive Oil Producers Association, Clovis, Calif., $50,000 Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, Ill., $3,694,012 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., $3,673,611 Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville,…
The California Kitchen: Modena Italian Balsamic Vinaigrette
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing Modena Italian Balsamic Vinaigrette with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 1.5 Cup Arbosana Olive Oil,…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…the marketplace between July 1, 2015 and July 28, 2016, and ranged from freeze-dried organic fruits and craft beers made with locally grown ingredients to infused olive oils, craft chocolate,…
The California Kitchen: Nectarine Smoked Rainbow Trout
…Trout T Olive Oil Salt/Pepper 2 Nectarines Sliced 1 Large Lemon To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Nectarine Smoked Rainbow…