…Trade Agreement and enhance the movement of food products on the continent. The coalition letter says the new agreement would benefit California farmers by improving market access in Mexico and…
Specialty Crop Block Grant Applications Open for 2020
SACRAMENTO (CDFA-September 23, 2019) — The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is now accepting proposals for the 2020 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Each year, CDFA conducts…
Public Comment Sessions for Healthy Soils Program Begin Today
The California Department of Food and Agriculture will be hosting three public stakeholder meetings to provide updates on the Healthy Soils Program and receive comments and suggestions for the next…
Best Practices for Getting Food Products into Retail Outlets
Alli Ball hosting a panel on selling food products during the 2019 California Food Expo The process to get food products onto store shelves can be lengthy and difficult, particularly…
Perdue Comments on Administrative Actions to Streamline H-2A Process
…to accept online submissions of the current Form ETA-9142A (and job orders uploaded using the current Form ETA-790, Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order) through the iCERT System until October…
California Receives Funding to Support Trade Development
California will be receiving significant funding support to help promote trade development for small businesses. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted $600,000 to the California Department of Food…
Former Agriculture Secretaries Announce Support for USMCA
…for United States food and agricultural products, totaling more than $39.7 billion food and agricultural exports in 2018. These exports support more than 325,000 American jobs. All food and agricultural…
Sustainability in Action Meeting Coming Up in Salinas
…able to act on immediately, whether you’re a grower, an input provider, a food processor, or really anywhere within the food chain.” The event will feature a demonstration of a…
NPPC Welcomes New Swine Inspection System
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPPC-Sept. 17, 2019) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) finalized its New Swine Inspection System (NSIS). “We applaud the USDA for introducing a…
USDA Modernizes Swine Slaughter Inspection for the First Time in Over 50 Years
…for food safety innovations. “This regulatory change allows us to ensure food safety while eliminating outdated rules and allowing for companies to innovate,” Secretary Sonny Perdue said. “The final rule…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 09-17-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering National Farm Safety and Health Week, an upcoming ACP…
Specialty Crops Bolstered Top-Ten Commodity Cash Receipts in 2018
Early data is out for California’s 2018 cash receipts, which shows an increase that’s supported by specialty crops. The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued an initial overview of agriculture…
Tempering Expectations for the Future of Organic
…organic food sales grew an average of ten percent per year between 2010 and 2016. However, the previous two years’ growth was only tracked at six percent. Some of the…
The Western View: Could farmers be the heroes of the 21st century?
…increasing the productivity of land, wasting less food and shifting diets away from meat. It says we need a major re-evaluation of land use and agriculture worldwide. We want the…