…encouraged to apply. Beginning on Oct. 8, class participants will meet once a month for a daylong seminar to discuss current issues in food and fiber production. The class will…
Western Ag Processors Meeting Set
…at the gorgeous Poppy Hills golf course in Pebble Beach. Concurrently, WAPA will host a special presentation of AIB International’s Food Plant Integrated Pest Management (IPM) focused on the tree…
USDA’s MyPlate Celebrates First Anniversary
…2011, First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled MyPlate, the federal government’s primary food group symbol, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthy food…
Update Your Heat Illness Prevention Program
…shaded cover is unsafe and/or impractical, they may implement alternative measures for providing shade. However, the alternative measures must provide the same measure of heat protection. High Heat Procedures The…
USDA Provides Funding
…States and provides safe, affordable food to consumers. I am confident that the selected projects will help our farmers, ranchers and foresters continue to flourish and build upon these successes.”…
Calls For Scientific Scrutiny, Regulatory Enforcement, Fees Made at Nitrate Study Workshop
News story provided by California Grape and Tree Fruit League, Fresno. On May 23, the State Water Resources Control Board held a public workshop on the UC Davis Report on…
High Profile Ag Labor Bills Pass Committee
…the purposes of the bill, an employee would be defined as an agricultural employee and a person employed to provide domestic services, janitorial/building maintenance services, food preparation services, or housekeeping…
