…enforcement. She stressed free and fair trade is central to world supply of fresh fruits and vegetables. The meeting also provided PMA an opportunity to highlight issues unique to perishable…
Asian Wasps Could Help Stink Bug Control
…U.S. in the 1990s. By 2010, it caused millions of dollars in crop damages in apples, peaches and vegetables. The pest was first detected in California in 2002. It is…
Leap Year and Ag
…all iceberg lettuce is made into fresh cut salads. What’s up Doc? The plant pigment that gives carrots and other vegetables their vivid orange color is Beta-Carotene. Fruits and Vegetables…
Agri View: Food Prices
…and vegetables increasing modestly by about 2%. After the drought in California and the avian flu, consumers were faced with higher food prices in 2015, which rose by as much…
Western View: Riding the Blossom Trail
…– nut trees grow tall, fruit trees are kept short and their tops cut flat. The plum trees have dark wood. The stone fruits – peaches, nectarines, and cherries –…
Fighting Poverty with Seeds
…gives people resources they need to feed themselves. Extra vegetables are readily sold to bring household income. Gardeners are then able to cover school fees and supplies, garden equipment, and…
Agri View: Food Consumption
…9 a Day” program, encouraging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables. Some of the country’s leading cancer-research centers have published diet books designed to lower cancer risk, featuring fruits…
National Almond Day
…He told them, “Take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm and a little honey,…
Agri View: Growing Pumpkins
…nudge in the right direction every day. When two or three fruits on each plant reach the size of softballs, remove all but the most promising one and start to…
Agri View: Gourds a Plenty
…cucumbers, squash, luffa, and melons. More specifically, gourd refers to the fruits of plants in the two Cucurbitaceae genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita, or also to their hollow, dried-out shell. A…
Malaysian Fruit Fly Quarantine in Portion of Los Angeles County
…species to enter our state is by “hitchhiking” in fruits and vegetables brought back illegally by travelers as they return from infested regions around the world, or from packages of…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
…more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean protein and low-fat dairy, and less sodium and fat. In 2008, USDA, NFL, NDC, and GENYOUth partnered via Fuel Up to Play 60, an…
Food Prices pt. 2
…for some food items actually be lower than the year before? That’s what happened in 2015 when price declines from pork, seafood, milk, fats and oils, fruits and vegetables. But…
Agri View: Cost of Food
…in California has raised concerns about rising produce prices at supermarkets or grocery stores. Prices for both farm-level fruit and vegetables rose in May. Farm-level fruit prices increased 3.9 percent…