…(GAP) audits, which are voluntary audits to verify that farms are following industry-recognized food safety practices and recommendations from the Food and Drug Administration. Produce buyers, large and small, are…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…be able to go to the legislative bodies and tell them exactly how much damage feral swine are doing to our farms – and your peanut crops,” he told the…
2016 Award Winners for Agriculture, Technology
…is actively involved in her family’s farming operation, John Kautz Farms, in Lodi, California. She was the first woman Chair of the California State Fair Board in 1993, and received…
Agri View: Farm-Raised
…exempt. What is Certification of Seafood? Certification is a process for assuring that fisheries or fish farms have met certain environmental criteria. The best certification systems use a third-party auditor…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Seeks Nominees
…of their farm or ranch.” “There are a number of agriculturalists in California that are caring for the environment through ecologically sound practices and conservation on their farms and ranches,”…
California Republicans Call on White House to Act on Drought
…potential for future reductions. This is unacceptable. You have traveled to our state. You have seen the devastating impacts the lack of water has caused to our communities, cities, farms…
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…reliable, but by 1920 the better ones had survived and were becoming hugely popular on American farms for heavy tillage and belt work. 1937 McCormick-Deering tractor on display at the…
Collaborative Projects Aim to Aid Salmon
…failed crossings with operable gates in the Tule Canal to prevent fish strandings and retrofitting Fremont Weir to connect with the Sacramento River. River Garden Farms, a diversified growing operation…
Confusing Chicken Labels
…from the chicken farm to your dining room table. From the hatchery where broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) are hatched, to barns on family farms where chickens are raised…
Virtual Tour Shows Students Smart Farms
…featured in James Moll’s award-winning documentary, FARMLAND, as he discusses technology and innovation on today’s smart farms. Students and educators can register for the 45-minute event and submit questions ahead…
Farmers Reminded to Respond to the 2015 Certified Organic Survey
…In early February, survey questionnaires were mailed nationwide to all known organic farms. Later this month, NASS will begin conducting telephone follow up with producers who have not yet responded….
Water Allocations Increased Again
…Californians and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland. The SWP provides the same allocation percentages to cities and farms. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which operates California’s other…
Funding to Support Implementation of the FDA FSMA Produce Rule
…used to support implementation of the Produce Safety rule, which became final in November 2015 and establishes enforceable safety standards for the production and harvesting of produce on farms. Implementation…
Agri View: Bee Gone
…Vilsack stated that more than 130 fruits and vegetables that make up a nutritious diet are cross pollinated by honeybees. Commercial bees raised on farms and then shipped to other…