The theme for this year’s California Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting is Ag in the Crosshairs. Sabrina Hill talks with Monterey County Farm Bureau Executive Director Norm Groot about what…
Jeff Fowle on Speaking Up about Agriculture
A key topic at the 96th Annual California Farm Bureau Meeting is how to bring agriculture’s issues to the forefront. Sabrina Hill talks with a popular ag blogger, rancher, and…
Growing California Video: Farm to Family
…contact Steve Linkhart, California Association of Food Banks at (510) 350-9916. For our friends and foodies– tweet, Instagram or Facebook – #CAGrown with a pic of California Grown produce and…
California Among States Selected by USDA for Participation in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables
…Under the pilot, California, Connecticut, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin will be able to increase their purchases of locally-grown fruits and vegetables for their school meal programs….
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review December 5
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, lighting the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree,…
Growing California Video Series: Urban Farm Educates, Inspires
The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Fairview Farms,” a profile of an urban farm near Santa Barbara – a farm with…
USDA Joins Global Partners to Kick Off International Year of Soils in 2015
…the importance of soil conservation and how we’ve worked with private landowners since 1935 to protect and improve this priceless natural resource.” UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization spearheaded the global…
Agriculture Emerging: a progress report at CDFA
…and programs on behalf of the agriculture industry and the people of the Golden State. A new report, Agriculture Emerging: Balanced Budgets, Big Decisions, Bright Future, is our opportunity to…
USDA Extends Application Deadline for Dairy Margin Protection Program to Dec. 19
Dairy producers urged to act now to protect their businesses against unpredictable market swings, take advantage of increased protections offered in first year of program U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary…
HLB Not Just a Producer Concern
…the grape vine to put forth a countywide quarantine on Asian citrus psyllids, and Agriculture Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita says casual growers can be part of the problem. Kinoshita says enforcing…
Farm Leader on House Bill HR5781
…Bureau Federation, who thanked California representatives for proposing the bill. HR 5781, introduced by Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, and co-sponsored by six California members of Congress, would enact temporary measures…
Egg Marketers Await Beginning of New Regulations
…National Association of Egg Farmers, which opposes the California egg law, belongs to the camp that says Californians will see some egg shortages and higher prices next year. He said…