Everett Griner talks about food production needing to double by 2050 in today’s Agri View. Food Production From: National Geographic Magazine Where Will We Find Enough Food to Feed 9…
Russia and Turkey Hoping to Restore Economic Ties
Russia and Turkey are in talks to restore economic ties and are expected to gradually soothe relations, according to Russian officials. Russia has banned Turkish food imports and enforced other…
Consumers More Worried About Foodborne Illnesses over GMOs
A new survey shows twice as many consumers lists bacterial foodborne illnesses as their top food safety concern compared to those who fear chemicals, carcinogens, antibiotics use in food animals…
Agri View: Hydroponic Farming
…Forest Project, 2009). A parallel increase in the demand for food species is implied, and estimates claim that food production will need to be doubled in order to compensate (Sahara…
NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component
…footprint assessment tool created by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Farm Smart has been field-tested in several full supply chain pilots, and is familiar to the dairy cooperative, processor…
Fighting Public Misinformation About Food
Miller and Hill The “Farm Babe” encourages the public to learn about their food from experts and battles public misinformation through social media. Fighting Public Misinformation About Food She calls…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
…Department of Food & Agriculture to raise the insects in a controlled environment. Nelson “Research collaborations such as this are an important part of the fight to prevent Huanglongbing from…
Virtual Representative for Small and Very Small Plants
…informational materials to assist small plants, such as how to implement plans to prevent or deal with food product and food defense issues, publishes compliance guidelines to help small plants…
Office of Farm to Fork Builds Bridges
CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork builds bridges for access to healthy foods by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture As Californians, we are lucky to live…
Poultry Pets Sicken More than 600 People
Salmonella traced to backyard poultry flocks and pet chicks and ducklings continues to claim victims, with public health officials now tracking eight outbreaks across 45 states, according to Food Safety…
Overachieving Garden
More garden than you bargained for? Cathy Isom fills you in on some things you can do with all of that extra food. That’s coming up on This Land of…
Agri View: Crop Losses
…statistical approach on data available from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). They considered not only extremely high temperatures, but also drought, flooding and severe cold….
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…not be good for individual California growers, but “it’s better for the industry” to balance supply and demand. “Nobody wants to wish a bad crop, but if we want a…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…of agricultural issues. Among other things, the 58-page document urges Congress to remove the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – food stamps – from the Farm Bill. More than 75…