As much as $300 million will be made available through a new Organic Transition Initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program is part of the Food System…
Stay Safe During the Summer Grilling Season
…the grill. Millions of people get sick each year because of a lack of food safety while grilling, but you don’t have to be one of them. The USDA offers…
Week in Review: Dairies Help Fill Fertilizer Need & Resistance-Breaking TSWV Spreads
…strain of tomato spotted wilt virus are increasing in Sutter County. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack provided details on USDA’s framework for improving the food supply chain and transforming the…
Largely Positive Response to USDA’s Food Supply Chain Transformation Plan
…Food Systems Transformation Framework. The plan includes significant investment in food production, food processing, food distribution and aggregation, and markets and consumers. “NSAC believes these increased investments are critical to…
More Than 40 Food and Agriculture Groups Call for Tariff Adjustment
…retaliatory tariffs, you can increase market access for U.S. food and agriculture exports and reduce costs for critical machinery, fertilizer, agricultural chemicals and other food and agriculture inputs,” the letter…
Vilsack on Food Systems in Farm Bill
While announcing more funding intended to help the nation’s food supply chain and transforming the food system, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the administration views the next farm bill as…
Field Day Focused on Beneficial Predators in Walnuts Happening June 16
A Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems field day is coming up in Princeton on June 16. The free, in-person event is being hosted by the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. Registration…
Sustainability in Agriculture
The lasting trend of sustainability in agriculture. That’s today’s This Land of Ours. Sustainability is nothing new in agriculture. After all, humans have needed a sustainable food supply for all…
Vilsack Gives Details on Food Supply Chain Plans
…reduce food loss and waste. The United States wasted $408 billion worth of food in 2019 – more than a third of the total U.S. food supply. Wasted food results…
NIFA Invests in Antimicrobial Resistance Mitigation in Food Supply Chain
…being supported through this round of funding from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The investment is part of NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance…
Biden Administration Makes Further Investments to Strengthen the Food Supply Chain
A total of $225 million is being invested to further bolster the food supply chain through increased meat processing capacity and workforce development. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 05-31-22
…Gabriel Gomez-Sandoval Memorial Farmworker Scholarship applications, and immigration reform “shouldn’t be controversial” when in a food crisis. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more….
USDA Works to Improve Market Conditions for Poultry Farmers
…is good for everyone in the food value chain.” The proposed rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act is aimed at protecting poultry farmers from abuse. It would require poultry…
Ag Groups Express Concern Over Future of Pesticide Labeling
…“We are concerned this monumental change in the federal government’s policy will not just threaten science-based regulation, but it risks undercutting food production and important environmental practices at a time…