…work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) to address the Agency’s longstanding policy on geographic origin statements. Specifically, NCBA is seeking solutions to the…
With Traceability Top of Mind, A Greater Push to Company-Specific UPCs in 2020
Beginning in 2020, only company-specific UPCs will be issued which will help enhance food traceability and increase inventory accuracy and category management for retailers. Generic UPCs will no longer be…
Healthy Soils Week Kicks Off in Sacramento Today
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is joining government partners, NGOs, and private industry members in celebrating California’s Healthy Soils Week, which begins today and runs through December 6. …
New HLB Quarantine Initiated in San Bernardino County
…has yet to be any HLB detected in any commercial groves. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has a host of resources available to monitor detections around the…
Farmers Receive an Average of 12 Cents of Every Thanksgiving Food Dollar
…a pound. Interestingly, throughout the rest of the year farmers typically receive an average of about $0.14 of every food dollar spent by consumers. More than 85 percent of food…
Making a Quick Compost Using Autumn Leaves
…them before mixing them into the pile. Just run over them a few times with the lawn mower. Next add something nitrogen-rich to the mix. Food scraps from the kitchen,…
Successful Rice Harvest for California Growers
…produce yields that were as robust as they have been in previous years, but Morris noted that prices appear to be strong. Even with an expedited planting season, acreage for…
Donations Help Fund Livestock Pens for Emergency Use
…pens have been deployed to seven fairgrounds around California. The pens, purchased through a partnership between the California Farm Bureau Federation’s charitable foundation and the California Department of Food and…
U.S. Pork Can Reduce Overall U.S. Trade Deficit with China by Nearly Six Percent
…pork prices are rising in China amid trade war with USA and Donald Trump. Credit: B.Zhou / Shutterstock.com “Were it not for China’s tariffs that are severely limiting access to…
Latest Romaine Recall Expands Over E. coli Concerns
…the list of grocery outlets responding to the warnings issued by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The notice came last week when…
CDFA Makes Selections for Climate Smart Agriculture Funding
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has selected 33 organizations to receive a total of $2.1 million in grant funding, for Climate Smart Agriculture Technical Assistance awards. The recipients of…
The Western View: Keep Your Pets Safe This Thanksgiving
…to remember that our pets can’t always eat the same thing as us. In fact, some human foods are poison to our pets. Turkey meat is just as good for…
Romaine E. coli Scare Before Thanksgiving…Again
…to those producers before families feast for Thanksgiving. The packaged products in the recall have likely allowed for more efficient traceability. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified the…
Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Rises Only a Penny
…the farmers’ share of the food dollar is so small. Three out of four Americans are interested in learning more about how their food is produced. Farm Bureau farmer and…