…I asked him if he was concerned and he said not one bit. Most people are unaware, even unconcerned, that 75 percent of the food in contemporary supermarkets include genetically…
Forestry Experts Say Tree Mortality Brings Added Risk
…the forest, and forest health means more water running down the rivers and into reservoirs that can eventually be used for growing food and other uses. If we allow this…
ACP Movement Shows History Repeating Itself
…history of spread. University of California, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources held it’s California Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing Research and Extension Summit at UC Riverside. The summit was…
World Health Organization to Endorse Meatless Mondays
World Health Summit attendees in Berlin next week will dine on a Meatless Monday menu. Meatingplace calls the menu a sign of endorsing a global Meatless Monday movement by the…
U.N. Official Says Lower Food Prices Threaten Anti-Hunger Efforts
A top United Nationals official says falling food prices harm anti-hunger efforts. The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization argues that steps should be taken to guarantee…
Agri View: Contaminated Recall
Everett Griner talks about FDA recalls on contaminated food taking too long in today’s Agri View. Contaminated Recall If there’s anything you don’t want in your house its contaminated food…
Food and Agriculture Co-op Income Again Sets Record
…Inc., a fuel, grain and food cooperative based in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., remains the nation’s largest cooperative in the United States, with $34.7 billion in total business volume for…
Safety-Net Payments to Farmers
…in excess commodities to be redirected to food banks and those in need, making $11 million in payments to America’s dairy farmers through the Dairy Margin Protection Program, and reprogramming…
Agri View: New Possibilities
…words groves of research. What people don’t realize is that the pomegranate is a very good health food. We could find a lot of anxious growers in groves. That’s Agri…
Support for Rural Cooperative Businesses and Organizations
…food systems. Over the course of the Obama Administration, USDA has invested close to $1 billion in 40,000 local food-related projects on farms and in communities across the country. USDA’s…
Training, Educating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…Initiative coordinates the Department’s work to develop strong local and regional food systems. USDA has invested over $1 billion in more than 40,000 local food businesses and infrastructure projects. See…
National Farm to School Month
Highlights Benefits to America’s Students and Communities by Deborah Kane, Director, Office of Community Food Systems, Food and Nutrition Service The local foods offered through farm to school programs help…
Importance of Accurate Evapotranspiration
…that number specific to your land is the key and Bianchi said statewide systems can be a little general in some areas. “There are various ways to calculate that number….
Sharing Almond Production Techniques Internationally
…out what they are doing and watching their videos and how they adapt their systems so that we are hopefully ahead of particulate matter regulations which we think are imminent.”…