by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (lower, third from left) and Senior Advisor Bob Wynn (next to Sec. Ross) with scientists this…
West Coast Ports Improving Infrastructure, but More Needed
…policy goals. Why GAO Did This Study U.S. West Coast ports are critical to the national transportation freight network and global supply chains. Changes in global shipping and disruptions at…
Monitoring Plant Metabolism to Detect HLB
Huanglongbing (HLB) pre-screening through analyzing plant metabolism holds potential to be a relatively inexpensive option for growers. Caroline Slupsky, professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science and the…
Thanksgiving Dinner Savings
…an Accurate Guest Count – so that you don’t buy more food then you’ll actually cook. Stick to Traditional Thanksgiving Fare – because chances are your local grocery store will…
Alberta Beef Producers Want TB Support
…marketing opportunities.” In late September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that a case of bovine tuberculosis had been detected in a cow from Alberta…
Agri View: Bees and Honey
…the world of pollination. I just know that bees are essential to food production. We have over two and one-half million colonies of bees in America. Half of them are…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…grown in 42 States, are both vital to human nutrition and to global food security. Not only that, but since 2010, the combined annual market value of wheat and barley…
CDFA Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
…input from a wide group of stakeholders including but not limited to dairy farmers, project developers, environmental advocates, local community members and the general public. The California Department of Food…
Vertical Gardening
…food at home, even if living in the smallest of living quarters such an apartment or a condo, can still be achieved. All you need are walls, rails, stairs, posts…
Grocery Manufactures Association Fighting Fine
…by GMA against the state’s 2013 GMO labeling ballot initiative. The measure failed with 49 percent of the vote after the food industry spent more than $17 million on an…
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…another survey commenter urged. “I understand we live in a global economy, but, our federal government’s job is to do what is best for us – not the other countries.”…
Scientists Work to Define Threat from Palm Pest
…who directs the Division of Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, talked about potential regulatory responses to the threat; besides trapping and…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…works to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume, ensures…
USDA Seeks Nominations for Advisory Committee on Ag Statistics
…state agricultural organizations, organic agriculture, local and regional food systems, and agriculture-related business and marketing experts. Members serve a staggered two-year term and can serve up to three terms for…