…ensure we are providing services to our customers to the greatest extent possible during the shutdown.” A total of 11 California offices will be open with some offering assistance with…
Food Safety Inspections Resuming Amid Government Shutdown
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will resume food safety inspections for higher-risk foods such as cheese and seafood after briefly stopping routine inspections because of the government shutdown. …
How Ag is Affected by Governor Newsom’s Budget
…Program, and $25 million dollars for dairy digester and alternative manure management projects. The proposal also requests funding to restart CDFA’s noxious weed management program and for the construction of…
Plan the Perfect Canning Garden
…to think about what you like to eat and what you want more of when your garden isn’t producing. In the winter when your garden is dormant what food does…
Farmers and Ranchers Digest Information on Alternative Protein Sources
…how to get the message out about the products they produce. Plant-based “meats” (Impossible Foods, Inc. and Beyond Meat) and cell-based meats (Memphis Meats and Mosa Meat) are two types…
Crop Year 2017 Demonstrated Growth for California Agriculture
…demand for food that is growing rapidly, and a corresponding demand for California-grown products that will bring tremendous opportunity for producers able to maintain sustainability in the face of climate…
Checkoff-Funded Beef Quality Assurance Program’s Online Certification Option Reaches Major Milestone
…estimated 80 percent of the U.S. fed beef supply now touched by BQA-certified operations. The beef checkoff-funded BQA program is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program that provides systematic…
Plant a Garden Specifically for Canning
…in succession so that you have a fresh supply of food before or after canning as well. In the next couple of days, we will talk about how to plan…
Plenty of Agriculture Trade Opportunities for U.S. and Europe
…for the European Union. Zorrilla was joined by Lorenzo Terzi, counselor on food safety for the European Union, and Sylvain Maestracci, counselor on agriculture for the French Embassy, to provide…
FDA Encourages Washing Avocados Prior to Consumption
Although avocado peels are inedible, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report calls for washing avocados before consumers prepare and eat them. Data collected as part of an…
Farmers Dealing with Uncertainty as 2019 Starts
…implemented should provide some assistance, however, Hanes spoke to the struggle in coordinating a plan as time moves forward with several questions remaining as the growing season progresses. “We have…
Navigating the H-2A Guest Worker Program
…Annual Convention. The H-2A visa program has experienced massive growth over the past decade, with the number of visas being issued to temporary workers rising 500 percent. Still, demand is…
More Virulent Newcastle Disease in Commercial Poultry
…in Ventura County. The numbers have not been updated however since the government shutdown. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) will be working with APHIS in addressing the…
Medicinal Plants You May Not Have Heard Of
Feverfew In yesterday’s program, Cathy Isom reviewed plants for decorating as well as healing. Today, Cathy tells you about more medicinal plants to grow in the home you may not…