…Brown Bag School Lunch Myths Whether its going with your child to school, or with you to the office, here are some things you may want to know about that…
Pesticide Initiative Launches Safety Pilot Project
Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner, Eric Lauritzen and the Farmworker Advisory Committee, formed with the assistance of the Center for Community Advocacy (CCA), announced a historic pesticide initiative aimed at providing…
Packing Safe School Lunches
Back to school time for students means school lunch packing time for many parents. Cathy Isom has some tips to make sure that lunch you send with your child is…
Breaking Down Belt Pesticide Ban
Dealing with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pesticide ban when you still have existing stocks of the product. An appeals court has upheld the EPA’s ban on flubendiamide, which is…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…commercial citrus is being treated as part of an area-wide management program. Residents can opt out of CDFA pesticide treatments, but Victoria Hornbaker, citrus program manager for CDFA, said nearly…
Western View: Just What is Ag Big Data
…of farm service companies. Having access to this information gives them the ability to discover trends and find patterns, and make projections on yield, as well as all the pesticides,…
Squishy Tomatoes
…Professor of Plant Biotechnology in the School of Biosciences at The University of Nottingham, has identified a gene that encodes an enzyme which plays a crucial role in controlling softening…
Smart Snacks in School
…in School also support efforts by school food service staff, school administrators, teachers, parents and the school community, all working hard to instill healthy habits in students. Nutrition Standards for…
Pesticide Resistant Whitefly Poses Threat to U.S. Crops
Fruit and Vegetable growers are raising concerns over an invasive whitefly that is resistant to pesticides and carries crop-devastating viruses. The Q-biotype whitefly was found outdoors within the U.S. for…
New MyPlate Resources for Families
…number of free Back-to-School resources, including: MyPlate Guide to School Lunch and MyPlate Guide to School Breakfast These one-page handouts discuss how school meals help kids meet their nutritional needs…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…$541,950 Greenbank Farm Management Group/Organic Farm School, Greenbank, Wash., $598,850 Viva Farms, Mount Vernon, Wash., $599,999 Abstracts for this year’s funded projects can be viewed on NIFA’s reporting website. Since…
Zika Virus Battle
…where no Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes are released. “Right now, the number of eggs we are getting is very much reduced in the treated site,” Cornel said. Pesticide applications and mosquito resistance…
Trump Adviser Calls for Farm Bill Revamp
…of the U.S. rule, the Bureau of Land Management’s range-land practices, the Endangered Species Act and the Environmental Protection Agencies pesticide registration process. Trump’s agriculture platform should be announced soon….
The People’s Department: A New Era for Civil Rights at USDA
…the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, NRCS has also helped sponsor and develop over 50 new community and school gardens sparking young peoples’ interest in agriculture and…