…through its 10-Tips Nutrition Series and the Thrifty Food Plan. USDA’s SuperTracker, a free online planning and tracking tool, helps more than three million Americans improve food choices, maintain a…
Year’s First National Water Forecast
…will continue to monitor snowpack data and ensure that NRCS is ready to help landowners plan and prepare for water supply conditions.” Since 1935, NRCS has conducted snow surveys and…
BDCP Public Open House Meetings Begin This Week in Fresno and Bakersfield
As part of the 120-day public review and comment period for the Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and BDCP Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement, BDCP is hosting a…
Center for Produce Safety Announces Call for Research Proposals
$3M in funds available to answer produce food safety questions Davis, California, January 15, 2014 – The Center for Produce Safety today announced its 2014 request for food safety research…
EPA Awards more than $460,000 for environmental Projects along the U.S.-Mexico Border
…plants and incorporate a new wastewater reuse system to irrigate vegetation. Tijuana Calidad de Vida Air Emissions Inventory for Nogales, Sonora Nogales, Sonora Grant Amount: $53,610 Tijuana Calidad de Vida,…
California Firm Recalls Various Meat Products Produced Without the Benefit of Full Inspection
…the plant’s Quality Control manager, Scott Parks, at (707) 762-6651 . Consumers with food safety questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov….
Workshops on Safeguarding California Plan
…draft Safeguarding California Plan. The plan updates the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. The meetings are an opportunity for the public to learn more about the plan and provide their…
FDA to Build Milk Exporter List
…Agriculture list, Dairy Plants Surveyed and Approved for USDA Grading Service (“USDA list”) for the products intended to ship. Also, for the purposes of the manufacturers and processors of milk…
Free Training on Safe Spraying for Agriculture
…give attendees a valuable opportunity to learn about new and improved practices and technologies to reduce pesticide drift and ensure employee and public safety. There will be live demonstrations in…
Walnut Growers Head to Yuba City
…several topics, including new requirements for electronic reporting and heat illness and night work activities. Members of the California Walnut Board will also be on hand to give a presentation….
Secretary for Natural Resources Statement on Water Issues
…In the long-term, California must continue to focus on actions to modernize our water delivery system by completing the environmental planning process for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Right now,…
Snow Survey Today
…like Southern California. The Department of Water Resources and other agencies do have a plan in place to help get water where it’s needed. That is by streamlining transfers of…
Changes Coming for FSMA
Thanks in part to the strong response from the ag industry, the Food and Drug Administration will make some changes in the Food Safety Modernization Act proposed rules. Julie McPeake…
San Joaquin College of Law to Host Agroterrorism Preparedness Program
…Agroterrorism Preparedness Curriculum for Frontline Responders is a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at the…