The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced new plans as to how the agency will address public notifications regarding product recalls moving forward. The FDA issued final guidance…
Students Set to Celebrate Agriculture and Leadership During FFA Week
Agriculture is part of our daily lives—from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. On Saturday, nearly 670,000 FFA members across the country will begin to share the…
Broccoli Byproducts Showing Benefits as Poultry Feed Additive
…sought-after trait by food companies and consumers. “We also looked at the eggs and noticed right away this incredible difference in colors between the eggs from the birds that were…
California Farm Bureau Appoints Jim Houston as Administrator
…CFBF Legal Services Division and serving as the organization’s administrative counsel. Prior to joining CFBF, Houston worked for six years at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, first as…
USDA To Host 2018 Farm Bill Implementation Listening Sessions
…that improves farm safety net programs, protects federal crop insurance, and preserves strong rural development and research initiatives. At USDA we are eager to hear from our stakeholders on policy…
Almonds Get $6 Million in Trade Promotion Funding
…included the Market Facilitation Program to provide payments to farmers harmed by retaliatory tariffs, and a food purchase and distribution program to assist producers of targeted commodities. The Almond Alliance…
Nutria Issues Continue for California Farmers
…to California, it is not the first time the rodenisas been a problem for the state. The California Department of Food and Agriculture determined that they had been eradicated in…
ACP Update from UCR Citrus Day
…Projects for the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Raymond Leclerc provided a general overview of how ACP seems to migrate throughout the state. “I would say that it…
New Indoor Heat Illness Regulation Draft Lowers Temperature Thresholds
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CalOSHA) released a revised draft of the indoor heat illness regulation on January 29. A draft of the regulation had previously been released…
NCBA Announces Campaign for “Fake Meat Facts”
…year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a framework for regulating lab-grown fake meat. USDA will have primary oversight of food production and…
USDA Launches High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Resource Guide
…National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Forest Service. The toolkit highlights examples of how e-Connectivity resources are being used to increase access…
Farm Bureau to USDA: New Regulations Must Protect Both Farmland and Wetland
…under the Food Security Act or any rule implementing the Food Security Act. Also at odds with the law is the department’s newly added discretion in determining that a decades-old…
Gardeners Preserving with a Pressure Canner
…always check best canning practices for each food. Don’t attempt to use pressure canning for staples such as jams, jellies, and pickles. The heat and pressure will be too much…
Farm Bureau Sues to Block Flows Plan for Lower San Joaquin River
…including non-flow measures such as predator control, food supply and habitat projects for protected fish, and said it ignored “overwhelming evidence” that ocean conditions, predation and lack of habitat—rather than…