…possible to pollinators and that beekeepers understand how they can benefit from USDA’s conservation and safety net programs. For several years, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation…
Garden Décor
…to use them for shelter. They trap heat in the day, helping the plants surrounding them stay warm at night. The interruption in the landscape also becomes a natural (even…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…information about restricted use pesticides, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/restricted-use-products-rup-report For more information about pesticides and worker safety, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety For more information on FIFRA and its enforcement, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act…
ASTA New Leadership to Guide Future of Seed Industry
…team which will continue to drive the association’s five year Strategic Plan, focusing strongly on advocacy, efficiency of operations, and internal and external communications. The 2016-17 ASTA Officer Team is:…
Agri View: GMO Law
…and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 TITLE I–FOOD SAFETY AFFIRMATION FOR CERTAIN PLANT PRODUCTS Subtitle A–Food and Drug Administration (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…than 100,000 new jobs over the next 10 years. The new rule, which takes effect in late August, offers safety regulations for unmanned aircraft drones weighing less than 55 pounds…
Global Nutrition Coordination Plan Released
…Policy. The plan builds on U.S. initiatives, particularly Feed the Future and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. The Coordination Plan identifies six technical areas for…
Almond Board: New E-Learning Program
…type of almond for use in different products. Course subject matter includes: cost, food safety, variety, usage, specs, grades, size and delivery. For more information, please contact Rebecca Bailey at…
Market Match Program Helps Families and Farmers
…markets are becoming regular customers and buying more fresh produce through Market Match, which also helps local businesses and rural farming communities thrive.” As June budget negotiations heat up, the…
Food Safe Technology
…spp. continue to plague the safety of our fresh fruits and vegetables, primarily because the food industry is lacking an effective means of inactivating these organisms. This project will seek…
Agri View: Dairy Farming Changes
…emphasized the safety of their product because of cleanliness, pasteurization, and tuberculin testing. South Jersey Milk Company, which distributed the products of Shoemaker Dairy Company and Abbotts Dairies, Inc., stressed…
Drought Alert: Call to Re-examine ‘Harmful Actions’
…a temperature control plan that would permit releases of only 8,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water. This constraint, which is not required by any existing regulation, would prevent…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Food Collaborative, Oakland, Calif., $155,200 San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, San Francisco, Calif., $308,131 LiveWell Colorado, Denver, Colo., $497,806 Wholesome Wave, Bridgeport, Conn., $499,720 Experimental Station, Chicago, Ill.,…
A Better Way to Fight Poverty
House Lawmakers Unveil A Better Way to Fight Poverty House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway joined House Speaker Paul Ryan and Republican lawmakers to unveil a policy plan, “A…