(Photo: Lidl) Everett Griner talks about the impact of a German giant opening new supermarkets in today’s Agri View. German Giant Opens Supermarkets By now, the first of some one-hundred…
Germany Pork Consumption at 11 Year Low
…researchers, reflects changing German attitudes about healthier diets and climate-friendly, sustainable food production. There’s also been an influx of refugees who don’t eat pork. Total pork consumption in Germany has…
AgNet West Radio Celebrates Five Years
…in specialty crops. AgNet West now has the strongest on-air team in it’s history with News Director Sabrina Hill, Operations Manager Taylor Hillman and Multi-Media Journalist Brian German. The original…
Fresh Food in Space
…in an astronaut’s eyes or lungs. The German company Bake in Space is behind a project to develop a special dough for low-crumb bread and an oven in which to…
EU Seeks to Expand Trade with Mexico
…“U.S. President Trump’s threats to impose punitive tariffs on imports from Mexico are piling the pressure to quickly diversify the trade,” according to a spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel,…
House Ag Committee Underscores Importance of U.S. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development
…Vice President of the International Programs Group, World Vision – United States, Washington, DC Ms. Navyn Salem, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Edesia Nutrition, Kingstown, RI Mr. Brian W. Schoeneman,…
Japan, Germany, Pledge to Work Together on Free Trade
Japan and Germany over the weekend announced an agreement to work together on free trade. The announcement follows President Donald Trump’s removal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership,…
Proposed Pesticide Rules Near Schools Revised
…will provide Californians with probably the most robust protection in the nation for schoolchildren when agricultural pesticides are applied near their school,” said Brian Leahy, Director of DPR. “It simply…
General Mills to Commercialize Organic Perennial Wheat
…landscapes offers progress towards water quality goals,” said Dr. Brian Buhr, dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences. “Support from General Mills is…
Kings County Farm Day Next Week
…Farm Day Chairman Brian Bergman. “Our goal is for every child who attends Farm Day to gain an increased awareness of the positive contributions that agriculture makes not only to…
Farmers Volunteer to Monitor Levees
…I could see outfits like that leaning on the landowners or the trustees themselves to do those patrols,” he said. Although Sutter County walnut farmer Brian Fedora has done his…
House Agriculture Committee Considers Pros and Cons to Restricting SNAP Purchases
…Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, VA Mr. John Weidman, Deputy Executive Director, The Food Trust, Philadelphia, PA Dr. Brian Wansink, Director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, Ithaca, NY…
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Members Appointed
…10); Jennifer L. Heltzel (Region 11); and Bret J. Bossard (Region 12). Reappointed to serve second terms were: Brian O. Medeiros (Region 2); Carol L. Ahlem (Region 2); Christopher J….
Six California Projects that Reduce Pesticide Use
…solutions to pest problems without an overreliance on chemical methods” said DPR Director Brian Leahy. Leahy will present the IPM Achievement Awards at 1:30 p.m. in the Sierra Hearing Room…