…cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Olive Oil Poached Salmon, Strong Immune System Juice For this and many more of these recipes, visit:…
The California Kitchen: Balanced Juice with Southwestern Flat Iron A La Plancha
…Garlic Season Rosenthal Olive Ranch Modena Italian Balsamic Salt/Pepper To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Balanced Juice with Southwestern Flat…
A Proposal To Augment USDA’s Summer Meals Program
…of those students are able to get to a meal site and take part in the agriculture department summer meal program. “We think the time has come for us to…
The Western View: Rain
…still ahead, perhaps not arriving until later in February or maybe March, and we’ll see what that delivers. It’s the unusual nature of California rain – the fact we get…
21 Groundwater Basins Identified as Critically Overdrafted
…with local agencies, DWR identified such basins in 1980 and 2003, as described in Bulletin 118 reports issued those years. Bulletin 118 is a comprehensive report on California groundwater resources…
Four Californians Selected to Air Quality Task Force
…such as the Environmental Protection Agency. The task force advises the Secretary of Agriculture on air quality and its relationship to agriculture based on sound scientific findings; Reviews research on…
USDA, Microsoft Announce Innovation Challenge Winners
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Microsoft officials announced the winners of the USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge, in which contestants used USDA agriculture production open data to develop online tools that can…
Pet Emergency Plan
…tolerant relatives are a great place to go.” That’s Anne McCann Emergency Pet Care Coordinator for the US Department of Agriculture and she says there’s been a lot done in…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for January 27
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
State Water Project Allocation Boosted
…Collectively, the SWP Contractors serve approximately 25 million Californians and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland. It is important to note that nearly all areas served by the…
Robotic Sorting Powered by Color-Sensing Camera
Camera technology is driving robotic sorting innovations in the almond industry. A Bratney Companies machine that debuted at the Almond Board of California’s annual conference a few years ago is…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…production from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). This toxin is currently used as a conventional insecticide in agriculture and is safe for human consumption. GM crops that inherently produce this…
USDA’s Second in Command, Krysta Harden, to Depart Soon
Harden After serving as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s second in command for 2 1/2 years, Krysta Harden will be leaving USDA soon. Gary Crawford has more. USDA’s Second in…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
By Natasha Geiling from thinkprogress.org Though it’s just an hour south of California’s Silicon Valley, the Salinas Valley — better known for churning out lettuce and tomatoes than the world’s…