…raises total contributions received to date to $8,702,000. “At Fresh Express, we are passionate and committed to ensuring a safe food supply for our customers. Food safety for us starts…
2016 Commodity Classic Teams with New Orleans Charities
Which do you love most about New Orleans: The food? Or the music? When you attend the 2016 Commodity Classic in New Orleans March 3-5, you can vote for your…
House Agriculture Committee Questions EPA ‘Burdensome Policies’
…stakeholder concerns. These actions threaten our ability to produce food and fiber for the world in an economically feasible manner. Rural America deserves a government that will work to make…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…agencies, nongovernmental organizations, non-profits and Tribal organizations. “Through the Farm Bill we are working with our partners and stakeholders to not only ensure the global competitiveness of our specialty crop…
CornPAC Launches Website, Preps for Auction in New Orleans
…and pool together their resources for greatest impact.” The CornPAC Auction is the annual fundraiser for the PAC, featuring both a live and silent auction, food, drink, and camaraderie. The…
CCM Responds to Introduction of Feinstein Water Bill
…sustain the production of food and fiber. But, the stakeholders who are singularly focused have been an impediment to improving California’s water crisis.” The bill contains language to create short-term…
Fresno State President, Faculty and Students Participate in World Ag Expo
…will also host its mobile education unit exhibit in the PG&E Pavilion. Dr. Bill Erysian, Jordan College manager of grants and international projects, took part in a global food security…
Agri View: Climate Change
…as “global warming”. Scientists actively work to understand past and future climate by using observations and theoretical models. A climate record—extending deep into the Earth’s past—has been assembled, and continues…
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
This is the only certification and logo in the U.S. and Canada that guarantees food products come from animals fed a 100 percent grass and forage diet, raised outdoors on…
Western View: Bee Colony Collapses Cause Found?
…the viral disease will impact global agriculture, and could easily spread into the wild, with an impact on native pollinators world-wide. Domesticated honeybee colonies are hugely important to agriculture, but…
ASTA Participates in FarmNext National Summit
…are constantly progressing and bringing new ideas and innovations to the marketplace to help address many of the challenges facing our world today. From environmental issues, to food security, and…
Another Challenging Year for Cotton Industry
…U.S. cotton industry. At the 2016 NCC annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, a market economist warned of the challenges amid low cotton prices, ample global stocks and uncertainties regarding global…
Agri View: Gourds a Plenty
…numerous uses throughout history, including as tools, musical instruments, objects of art, film, and food. Terminology Gourd is occasionally used to describe crop plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, like pumpkins,…
Malaysian Fruit Fly Quarantine in Portion of Los Angeles County
…protect against the artificial spread of the infestation to nearby neighborhoods where it could affect California’s food supply and our backyard gardens and landscapes The Malaysian fruit fly is known…