…practices. Earth Day Food & Wine Weekend is designed to offer consumers an opportunity to make the connection between sustainable practices and their food sources in a relaxed, celebratory setting…
Vineyard Team Celebrating 20 Years
…(SIP) Certification, Sustainable Ag Expo, Earth Day Food and Wine Weekend, and various research and education programs. Since inception, with a myriad of programs that advance the industry’s commitment to…
Agri View: Road Safety
Everett Griner talks about a busy time for farm vehicles in today’s Agri View. Road Safety…
Spring Fling Fundraiser
Tickets are available for the popular Spring Fling event, which will be held March 13, 2015 at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds. The fundraising efforts of this evening filled with great food,…
Western View: Sustainable Agriculture
…production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare. That seems like a lot to…
USFRA Looks to Storytelling to Educate Consumers
…produce their food. With most Americans living miles from where their food is produced – and generations removed from the farm – telling the story of where our food comes…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…control. In addition to these projects, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded more than $23 million dollars for research and education project to find lasting solutions to citrus…
West Coast Ports Close for the Weekend, Impacting Major Citrus Export Opportunity
…food destined for those that want it thereby diminishing revenues for innocent stakeholders is not a vehicle that should be pursued, but that is exactly what the two parties are…
California’s Three Largest Dairy Cooperatives Submit Proposal for California to Join the Federal Milk Marketing Order
…Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s premier agribusiness and food companies, is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from farm production to consumer foods. With 2013…
Success in the Cafeteria-part 3
…two segments of this series. Part 1: The approaches some schools are using to get kids to eat more and stop wasting cafeteria food. Part 2: The reasons why kids…
Agri View: Food Safety
Everett Griner talks about our food reserves being properly protected in today’s Agri View. Food Safety…
California’s Diversity Reflected In Pesticide Outreach
…That’s why DPR has translated leaflets, videos and other materials about pesticide safety, produced by scientists at DPR, into different languages including Spanish and Punjabi. You can see the Pesticide…
Success in the Cafeteria-part 2
…school cafeterias across the country reduce plate waste in school lunches Cathy Isom takes a look at the reasons why students are wasting cafeteria food. Success in the Cafeteria-part 2…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…for food and habitat, she said. As part of the Sutter Bypass-Butte Slough Water Users Association, Van Vleck said the group is exploring alternate water supplies, such as buying water…