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VofV: Tackling Food Waste – Tech as the Watchdog of Quality Control
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New Loan Guarantee Initiative Launched by USDA
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VofV: Building Autonomous Farm Tractors…and Totally Winning
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Health Bite: Fall Season Vegetables
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Mandatory Inspections Suspended for California Walnuts
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District Court Allows R-CALF Lawsuit to Proceed
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American Beef Labeling Act to Reinstate Country of Origin Labeling
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The California Kitchen: Gorgonzola Shishitos
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VofV: Rise of the City Bee -Building Urban Bee Farms
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Almond Update: ALP Golf Tournament Back to Support Ag Education
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Health Bite: Best Meat to Eat on a Diet
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MSOB: Questions to Answer in Future Biological Research
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Mushroom Lasagna Grows Great Gourmet Mushrooms
…will begin to provide some food. Listen to Cathy Isom’s This Land of Ours program here. Mushroom Lasagna Grows Great Gourmet Mushrooms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwqBqCnClI&t=1s In this video, Tony, from FreshCap Mushrooms,…