…University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., $163,284 Global Growers Network, Decatur, Ga., $119,962 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., $150, 773 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., $144,617 Penn State University, State College,…
U.S – Mexico Establish Committee to Support Organic Trade Partnership
…years, USDA has established equivalency arrangements with Canada, the European Union, Japan, Korea and Switzerland, providing U.S. organic farmers and businesses with streamlined access to international organic markets valued at…
Orchard Wood Recycling Offers Disposal Option
…and intend to run with it. We’re going to have the benefits coming, I think, for many, many years,” Sarabjit Atwal said. “We were grinding the peaches before—long time, last…
Western View: The Most Dangerous Highway?
…me, I got to drive to Fresno tomorrow. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West. To see the ValuePenguin study and other highways listed, visit: https://www.valuepenguin.com/most-dangerous-roads-america….
Dannon Responds to Ag Attack
…makes yogurt in Minster, OH, Fort Worth, TX, West Jordan, UT, and Portland, OR, and offers more than 200 different flavors, styles and sizes of cultured refrigerated and frozen dairy…
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…Partnership received $1,667,683 for watershed redesign, tidal wetlands restoration and urban greening efforts. Working in partnership, SFEP, the San Francisco Estuary Institute and 15 other local organizations, will implement several…
New Cuba Regulations Include Farm Equipment
…possible for exporters to directly finance shipments of tractors, pesticides and other goods used in agriculture, avoiding cash in advance requirements that apply to transactions for agricultural commodities. The National…
EPA Postpones Glyphosate Review Meeting
…comes after a division of the World Health Organization last year claimed glyphosate was probably carcinogenic to humans. However, many studies have since denied that claim. From the National Association…
The California Kitchen: Fresh Tomato Pasta
…Watch Albert’s Cooking Show: www.foodytv.com or stream it on Roku, Amazon Fire, Google TV and apple TV Follow Albert on: Facebook, LinkedIn: Albert J. Hernandez the Untamed Chef IG: untamedchef777…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Placer County
…Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura Counties, with portions of Alameda, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, Placer, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis…
Farm Organizations Challenge Dannon and Other Food Companies
…biotechnology helps farmers preserve resources for the future,” said Nancy Kavazanjian, chairwoman of U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), and a corn, soybean and wheat farmer in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin….
Kids Gardening
By Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com Cathy Isom tells us how gardening could be teaching your kids to eat fruits and veggies later on in life. That’s coming up on This Land…
CME Considering Cash Settlement for Cattle Markets
CME Group officials last week indicated the group is considering switching to a cash settlement process for its live cattle futures. Traders continue to complain to CME regarding the extreme…
International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
…are landscapes dominated by grasses and other low growing vegetation and include grasslands, savannas, shrublands, deserts, tundra and alpine communities, marshes, and meadows often tended to by pastoralists and ranchers….