…creative ways they reach out in their communities to share information about today’s food and farming.” This year’s CAE award winners come from 11 states: California, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan,…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…the many ways USDA scientists are on the cutting edge, helping to protect, secure and improve our food, agricultural and natural resources systems in USDA’s Medium Chapter 11: Food and…
Walnuts, Raisins and Prunes Report
…Food and Agricultural Code. The report includes all tonnages of walnuts, raisins, and prunes that were either produced by the handler or purchased from producers. Final weighted average price, including…
NMPF Pres. Commemorates Centennial / Sets Path for Future
…have shrunk, the world marketplace has become more competitive, and consumers are becoming increasingly interested in how their food is produced. “But these differences – these hurdles – will not…
National Vinegar Day
…could take months or up to a year. It comes in several varieties and has many uses for cooking and food preparation and cleaning and disinfecting. Some forms of vinegar…
New York Times Claims GM Crops Offer No Benefit
…grown two and half times in the last two decades. Monsanto’s chief technology officer, Rob Fraley, alleges the Times “cherry-picked” data to reflect poorly on the industry. He told the…
UC Releases New Cost Study for Growing Almonds
…series of four studies covering three different regions of California published in 2016. The other three studies on almond production include a study on almonds grown in the Sacramento Valley…
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan
…after fires, including new and improved seeding methods. Greater sage-grouse and other wildlife depend on native plant communities for food and habitat. The interagency team incorporated research planning already completed…
Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2017
…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…
Teal Pumpkins
…that means the homeowners will be passing out non-food items – for trick or treaters with food allergies. The Teal Pumpkin Project was started in 2014 as a national campaign…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume, ensures that Americans spend less of their paychecks at the grocery store than most people in other…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…Department of Food and Agriculture, and on California farms, and in organizations throughout our agricultural community, that one, simple fact urges us all to prepare now for a future that…
Agri View: Population Growth Challenges
…increase food production. Certainly our farmers are. It is accepted that by 2075 the population of the world will reach seven billion people. It will take twice as much food…
Funding to Help Agricultural Producers / Small Rural Businesses
…The grants are a key element of USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, which coordinates the Department’s work on local and regional food systems. Secretary Vilsack has identified…