…the list of grocery outlets responding to the warnings issued by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The notice came last week when…
CDFA Makes Selections for Climate Smart Agriculture Funding
…the funding support will provide important technical assistance to the applicants and awardees of CDFA’s Alternative Manure Management Program as well as the Healthy Soils Program. The type of assistance…
The Western View: Keep Your Pets Safe This Thanksgiving
…to remember that our pets can’t always eat the same thing as us. In fact, some human foods are poison to our pets. Turkey meat is just as good for…
Romaine E. coli Scare Before Thanksgiving…Again
…to those producers before families feast for Thanksgiving. The packaged products in the recall have likely allowed for more efficient traceability. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified the…
Farm Bureau Calls for Improvements to Ag Labor Bill
…the issue and simply put, this bill’s approach is not yet good enough. We need a program that U.S. farmers and ranchers can afford and that allows them to remain…
Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Rises Only a Penny
…the farmers’ share of the food dollar is so small. Three out of four Americans are interested in learning more about how their food is produced. Farm Bureau farmer and…
Agricultural Immigration Bill Moves Forward
…Introduced by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, and Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 would improve agricultural visa programs and accommodate immigrant agricultural employees already in…
Murky CBD Oil Regulation Complicating Hemp Production
…area as far as regulation goes,” said Placer County Ag Commissioner Josh Huntsinger. “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been pretty clear in communicating that those types of uses…
Five Steps to Eliminate Nutria Threat
…step, the foundation of it all, is survey,” said Valerie Cook, Nutria Eradication Program Manager for CDFW. “We may go through these five phases in succession, we may jump around,…
Getting Rid of Those Pesky Garden Moles
…of main tunnels about 12-inches below the surface of the ground. These networks contain food storage, sleeping, and bathroom areas. The tunnels that we see going through our garden or…
USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program
…vegetables, some processed foods, beef, pork, lamb, poultry, and milk for distribution by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to food banks, schools, and other outlets serving low-income individuals. Finally,…
Double Food Harvest Growing Sweet Potato Vines
Cathy Isom fills you in on why you should be growing sweet potato vines for a double food harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Double Food Harvest…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 11-14-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the California Almond Sustainability Program, the 2019 Workforce Modernization…
Almond Update: Why Do Handlers Care About CASP
The topic of sustainability continues to grow and is making its way up the food chain. A session coming up at the 2019 Almond Conference will discuss how manufacturers are…