…is a new program that will help some small farms make solar upgrades work for them. To learn more about the new program in your area, contact your local PG&E…
PG&E Hosting Energy Workshop
…event to talk about a new PG&E program. There will also be an electrical safety demonstration for business owners to take back to their employee trainings. If you can’t make…
CVCB Celebrates San Joaquin Valley Agribusiness With The Valley Grown For You Campaign
…contest are available at all Central Valley Community Bank branches, online at www.cvcb.com and through links on social media page posts dedicated to the Valley Grown For You campaign. With…
United States – Korea Streamline Organic Trade
…Korea to address emerging issues and strengthen the trade relationship. Leading up to today’s announcement, U.S. and Korean technical experts conducted thorough on-site audits to ensure that their programs’ regulations,…
Addressing Farmers Markets Food Safety
…the University of Arkansas Kristen Gibson is leading a research program looking at farmers markets food safety. Gibson says standards vary from market to market. The research is aiming to…
Apply for State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program
CDFA continues to accept applications for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program, or SWEEP. The deadline to apply is July 15, 2014. The program is designed to provide financial…
Semper Fresh Farms Seeks to Help Vets into Ag
Semper Fresh founders Bryan Showalter and John Wagner A program in Monterey County that helps veterans around the state get into farming needs some help from the larger community. Sabrina…
Haitian Delegation Tours California Agriculture
…Salinas, where they toured the Salinas High School farm and learned about the FFA program. Julie Laughton, Ag and FFA Advisor for Salinas High, explains more. This slideshow requires JavaScript….
Fundraiser for Veterans-to-Farmers Program
…culinary school, then worked in agriculture. He discovered it was an industry that had a lot to offer and came up with the idea for a new program. Wagner joined…
AgNeTVideo: Semper Fresh Fundraiser
Semper Fresh Farms helps train veterans in many aspects of farming. The founders are having a fundraiser Saturday, June 28th, 2014 to raise money for the program….
USDA and USTR Name New Members to Agricultural Trade Advisory Committees
…Mead Johnson Nutrition Melissa Peabody The Starbucks Coffee Company Maia Jack American Frozen Foods Institute Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Sweeteners Name Organization Cassandra Kuball Corn Refiners Association…
Cap-and-Trade Program Topic of Meeting
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will hear about a new University of California initiative concerning food, and focus on the state’s Cap-and-Trade Program and other environmental market…
California DPR on Bee Health Inspections
Apiary inspectors learned what to look for when it comes to possible pesticide exposure in bees. Sabrina Hill has more on the training. CDPR on Bee Training Bee health and…
USDA Announces New Support for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…and ranchers include: Waiving service fees for new and beginning farmers or ranchers to enroll in the Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for the 2014 crop year. NAP provides…









