Agricultural officials confirm eradication of grape pest, lift quarantine restrictions Agricultural officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in…
Food Scraps
…food scraps into things you can use again. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Leftover Food Scraps 6 Fun Things to Do With Fruit and Vegetable Peelings…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…From: American Farm Bureau Labor Visa Backlogs Threaten 2016 Crops, Farm Bureau Calls for Action Agency delays in processing visas for workers who tend and harvest America’s food crops are…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…sustaining food security, food safety, and many other aspects of agriculture that will become even more challenging as our global population grows. The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, and…
Climate Smart Agriculture
…World Food Center. Agenda and Presentations Webinar Agenda (.pdf) Presentation: Amrith Gunasekara, California Department of Food and Agriculture (.pdf) Presentation: Don Cameron, Terranova Ranch Inc (.pdf) Presentation: Lodewijk Stuyt, Wageningen…
Confidence Gaining in Brazil’s Agriculture
…bottomed out. Meanwhile, agriculture is one of the few sectors to have grown through the recession, expanding 1.8 percent last year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Humane Society to Target Broiler Welfare
…issues.” Meatingplace reports a letter from HSUS senior director of food policy Josh Balk said many issues HSUS focused on recently have been “largely put to rest,” including confinement issues…
Zika Virus Battle
…the mosquitoes are knocked down and how many die. The experiments have shown that mosquitoes collected locally are resistant to almost all pyrethroid insecticides except one, Deltamethrin, which is not…
Edible Flowers
…way to the fruit, and thus the seed, ensuring the cycle of life continues. Do you dare give into the temptation to pluck it for food? Many a chef certainly…
Agri View: Modern Technology
…foods. And who knows what a choice rib-eye would taste like if a farmer didn’t feed it from hoof to marketplace. We need technology. We don’t know about the internet….
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
…economic impact assessment on agriculture commissioned by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Further Reading 2016 Study Downloads Executive Summary (<1Mb, Posted August, 15, 2016) Main Report (<1Mb, Posted…
Mason Jar Recycling
…plastic bags, and plastic containers that hold our food and beverages. It’s what you carry your groceries home in. It’s part of your daily beauty ritual, housing your lotions, cosmetics,…
Farm Bureau Asks USDA for Emergency Dairy Assistance
…Duvall asked USDA to buy additional dairy products to be used in USDA’s nutrition programs and for donations to food banks. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Funding to Train the Next Generation of Agricultural Leaders
…and economics; food science, human nutrition and human sciences; sciences for agricultural biosecurity; veterinary sciences; food and agriculture data analytics and tools; and integrative biosciences for sustainable food and agricultural…