…receiving a notable amount of support. More than 50 farm, environment, food safety, and animal welfare groups have come out in favor of Fudge taking over as Agriculture Secretary. Food…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 11-20-20
…the almond conference covering global trade and how the shipping container shortage is creating some issues. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features and more. Danielle…
The Western View: California is Winning the War on ACP
…a big punch: it carries the bacteria that causes Huanglongbing or HLB, also known as citrus greening. This disease has devastated citrus around the world. The California Department of Food…
Almond Update: Global Trade Outlook at Almond Conference
Global trade is an important aspect of the almond industry with 70 percent of the crop moving overseas. Almond Board of California’s Vice President of Global Market Development Emily Fleischmann…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 11-20-20
…2021, the almond conference covering global trade and how the shipping container shortage is creating some issues. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features and more….
Foodservice Slow Rebound Helping Producers Grind Through Year
A slow and turbulent recovery from the foodservice industry shutdown is helping growers limp through 2020. Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia began his current position just over a…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 11-19-20
…when employers should report it, a new cattle vaccine that helps producers to fight foothill abortion, and how the slow recovery of the food-service industry is helping growers get through…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 11-19-20
…when employers should report it, a new cattle vaccine that helps producers to fight foothill abortion, and how the slow recovery of the food-service industry is helping growers get through…
Ag Groups Supporting Costa to Lead House Agriculture Committee
…that our food system faces. The House Agriculture Committee will not only play a vital role in the needs of producers who grow our food but also how we maximize…
Disappointing Table Olive Harvest Highlights Deeper Industry Issues
…to ship olives to the U.S. for processing while avoiding tariffs on raw unprocessed olives. Bell-Carter Foods contends that the abysmal table olive harvest “underscores the necessity for Bell-Carter Foods’…
Comment Period Open Until November 24 for Organic Cannabis
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has regulatory information for the certification of cannabis that is comparable to the National Organic Program. The OCal Program is a statewide certification…
FDA Extends Comment Period for Food Safety Rule Exemption
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule. The FDA initially issued a request for information…
Historically Significant Fruit Goes Beyond Food and Medicine
A historically significant fruit that goes beyond food and medicine. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Breadfruit can be found growing worldwide, used…
Biden Transition Team Performing Agency Reviews of USDA and EPA
…also includes Debra Eschmeyer, Global Business Development Director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. Eschmeyer previously served as Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition as…




















