…Rhinelander Area Food Pantry (RAFP) upgrade their facility. RAFP serves nearly 500 families each month with an annual distribution of 500,000 pounds of food. However, the RAFP badly needed to…
Thankful For What’s On Our Table
…recent years to see so many consumers paying more attention to where their food comes from and who grows it. Our farmers deserve our thanks for the care and attention…
Update for Mandarins Inside Quarantine
Mandarins under a countywide quarantine in Tulare County are getting some good news on enforced regulations. Update for Mandarins Inside Quarantine The California Department of Food and Agriculture released an…
Full Belly Farm Named 2014 California Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
…and a farm internship program. “When it comes to farming in ways that promote the long-term health of California’s land, water, wildlife and food economy, there’s no better example than…
Silicon Valley Needs Farmers Too – Farm to Food Bank Month Spotlight
…A recent article in USA Today highlights this disparity. Second Harvest Food Bank volunteer and client More than two-thirds of our clients purchase unhealthy food. They know the food is…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review November 21
…In Review, ranchers, USDA and Chevrolet helping the environment. Holiday food prices. And seasonal cooking safety advice by calling 1-888-MP-Hotline. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.flickr.com/usdagov www.nrcs.usda.gov www.fsis.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us…
New Program Seeks Growers to Help Curb Declining Bee Population
…zones. The soon-to-be-established honey bee forage will support pollination-reliant crops, which represents one-third of the food we eat. Why Bees? Why Now? Honey bees are valuable to the nation’s crops…
Three-Hundred Tons of Nutrition from Annual Food Drive
Turkey donations at the Sacramento Food Bank. (Photo courtesy of CDFA) CDFA knows food. We inspect it, we protect it, and we really enjoy it. So when the State of…
Florida Orchid Producer Thrilled With New “PMA Fresh Summit” Floral Focus
…among the hundreds of other exhibits that are focused on such a wide variety of food products from dozens of other countries as well. Orchid Producer Thrilled With New “PMA…
Nat’l Watermelon Promotion Board at PMA Fresh Summit is A HIT!
Carved Watermelons on display as part of the NWPB’s exhibit at Fresh Summit 2014 Professional food carver NWPB exhibit at PMA Fresh Summit 2014 Hunt Continuing our series of news…
County Rules Help to Reduce Theft of Walnuts
…always going to have that, but with nut prices so high now, it could attract more thievery,” said Joe Martinez, who grows walnuts in Yolo and Solano counties. Eidsath emphasized…
Farm Leader Welcomes Passage of Water Bond
…people, food production and the environment. “It’s extremely gratifying to see the bond pass,” Wenger said. “At a time of extreme drought, Californians came together to support investment in our…
Looking ahead – December is Farm to Food Bank Month
…2015 future food pledge today – contact Steve Linkhart, California Association of Food Bank at (510) 350-9916. For our foodie friends and food lovers – tweet, Instagram or Facebook –…
Growing California Video Series – Urban Growth
The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Urban Growth,” a story about improving food access in the Southern California community of Compton….