As AgNet West has reported on before, the FARMS Leadership program provides high school students hands-on learning in all agriculture fields by touring local companies and learning what all goes…
CA Agrotourism: SLO’s Madonna Inn
…and her guide was Erica Schaeffer. Schaeffer just graduated from Cal Poly with a bachelor’s degree in animal sciences. She will soon apply for grad school and work toward a…
Val Dolcini Named Administrator of the Farm Service Agency
…in History from San Francisco State University and a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. He also attended the University of Uppsala in Sweden. He currently serves on…
AgNeTVideo: Haiti Delegates Visit Salinas High School
…country. The group visited Salinas where they toured the Salinas HIgh School farm learning about the Salinas FFA program. Julie Laughton, FFA Advisor from Salinas High School, discusses the tour….
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…will take place during the 2014-2015 school year. Unprocessed Fruit and Vegetable Pilot: On July 21, USDA announced a request for applications from states interested in participating in the Pilot…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 3-9 National Farmers Market Week
…the U.S. On August 8, the USDA Farmers Market, located at USDA headquarters in Washington, DC, will host a Healthy Back-To-School Challenge to show kids and their families how to…
Haitian Delegation Tours California Agriculture
…economic leaders are learning about California agriculture and working on ways to help rebuild their country. They visited Salinas, where they toured the Salinas High School farm and learned about…
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…
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…
Vilsack Message: Local Markets, Local Growth
…School is a remarkable example of that. As school closes out for the year, we’ve updated our Farm to School Census and found that 44% of school districts surveyed are…
USDA Selects 2014 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows
…NM; Kurt Krause, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX. High School Fellow – 1 Ellie Honardoost, Fresno Unified School District, Fresno, CA. Science Fellows – 4 Yiannis Ampatzidis, California State University…
Naval Orangeworm Headlines Almond Symposium
…said controlling naval orangeworm this year will be a challenge. Growers were also updated on pesticide regulations and shown in depth pictures of root diseases from USDA Scientist Greg Browne….
Ag Leadership Names Four New Board Members
…taught various grade levels from elementary school to college and served as a school administrator. She previously worked for the Greenwood Company as a senior fundraising consultant and is a…
USDA Launches New Resources at ChooseMyPlate.gov to Help Cost-Conscious Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices
…meals during the summer months, when school breakfast and lunch are not available. Free meals, that meet Federal nutrition guidelines, are provided to all children 18 years old and under…