…The disease has only been found in two residential areas of Los Angeles County. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has found two PCR-positive trees in Hacienda Heights and…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…what we’ve all known about food prices here in America and that is that U.S. consumers have access to an abundant high-quality and low-cost food supply. We spend about 10…
Canada Confirms More Bovine TB cases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed five more cattle from southeastern Alberta have been infected with the bacteria that causes bovine tuberculosis. Ag Canada reports the five animals were…
Agri View: Food Cost
Everett Griner talks about Economic rise led by food cost in today’s Agri View. Food Cost Well, the USDA has released information that will shock not many, if anybody at…
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…UC’s Office of the President, with additional funding from the Russell L. Rustici Rangeland and Cattle Research Endowment and the UC School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Food Animal Health….
Our Thanksgiving Meal Could Cost Less This Year
Thanksgiving food shoppers will have at least one thing to be thankful for. Gary Crawford has the story. meal-could-cost-less…
Five Tips for a Food Safe Thanksgiving
…food can lead to serious foodborne illness,” said Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Turkeys may contain Salmonella and Campylobacter, harmful…
Stuffing, Outside of the Bird
…meal with all of the trimmings… like stuffing. One of my favorites. While some may think stuffing has to be cooked inside the turkey. Most chefs and food safety experts…
Photosynthesis on Steroids
Scientists can now manipulate a plant’s genes to help it use sunlight more efficiently. It’s a breakthrough that could possibly lead to more food grown for an expanding world population….
First Organic Grower to be President of Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau
…Francisco. After getting married and starting a family, Tom enrolled in an organic farming apprentice program at UCSC and purchased land in Watsonville where he started Live Earth Farm. Live…
How Much Turkey to Buy
…you have other questions about meal prep or food safety, call the Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-M-P Hotline or go to askkaren.gov and ask the experts on the web….
Conaway Open to Farm Bill Split
…both sides of the Farm Bill extended on time” following a meeting examining the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Conaway says the process is to be determined but said “If it’s…
Agri View: Pollinators
…the production of food. The honeybee is the principal pollinator of blooming plants, but it is not the only one. Any insect that flies, and even some that simply crawl,…
Dairy Digester Dedicated
…– the first digester in CDFA’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program. The program is one of several at CDFA supported by the state’s greenhouse gas reduction fund, which is…