…schools successfully meet the updated, science-based nutrition standards for school meals under Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act. Reached more than 8.1 million kids with healthy meals through the Community Eligibility…
Push for Local Food in Schools
There’s a new national push for local food in schools, following a report by a California newspaper. Local Food in Schools Fifty agricultural trade associations, farmer co-ops and agribusinesses of…
Donation by Disney
…nutritious foods to kids after school. Cathy Isom has the details on the major donation by Disney that will help bring healthy food to communities nationwide. Disney Donation From: Feeding…
The Western View: Vocational Education
Len Wilcox talks about the state of vocational education in our schools. Vocational Education Bring back vocational training – So says author Nicholas Wyman, an expert in education and training,…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship
…School District boundaries, or be a member of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau. Criteria for the scholarship are based on student leadership skills, a demonstrated commitment to the industry,…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…report: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack USDA Ecologist-Margaret Walsh Peter Backlund, Colorado State University Associate Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food…
Rooftop Farm
…the art, 75-thousand square foot greenhouse is located on a rooftop. It is powered by 100-percent renewable energy. It will produce nearly 10 million annual crops of local, premium-quality, pesticide-free,…
Farm Bureau Awards $4,500 in Garden Grants to Local Schools
…Monache High School in Porterville and Palo Verde School in Tulare. The schools were presented with their grant checks at Farm Bureau’s Superintendent’s Breakfast on November 19 at Visalia Technical…
Calif. Nets Nearly $700,000 in USDA Farm-to-School Grants
…school best practices into school culture. Strategies include working with multiple schools, increasing local foods in summer meals, revising policies to facilitate local procurement, increasing school vegetable production, aligning experiential…
Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture
…coast. She is currently going to school at Utah State, where she’s studying ag communications. Corryn was very involved in agriculture growing up, with her family’s business, La Rue Livestock….
Beef and Weight Loss
What a study is showing about eating more beef when you’re older and overweight. Dr. Connie Bales, professor at Duke University School of Medicine, is leading the experimental obesity intervention…
Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Food Residue Tolerances
…Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). However, according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, it is unlikely the changes will take effect before December, 2016. Chlorpyrifos is widely used to…
Train the Trainer Pesticide Safety Training
Upon completion of this course provided by MVP Consolidated, you will be certified to provide your company’s pesticide safety training for handlers and fieldworkers and issue the blue WPS cards….
GMO Testing Pilot Project to Ensure Compliance with National Organic Program
…agricultural commissioners are responsible for verifying the organic certification of vendors at certified farmers markets, sampling organic produce for pesticide residue testing, and other activities that support organic growers and…