…informational materials to assist small plants, such as how to implement plans to prevent or deal with food product and food defense issues, publishes compliance guidelines to help small plants…
Office of Farm to Fork Builds Bridges
CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork builds bridges for access to healthy foods by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture As Californians, we are lucky to live…
Poultry Pets Sicken More than 600 People
Salmonella traced to backyard poultry flocks and pet chicks and ducklings continues to claim victims, with public health officials now tracking eight outbreaks across 45 states, according to Food Safety…
Overachieving Garden
More garden than you bargained for? Cathy Isom fills you in on some things you can do with all of that extra food. That’s coming up on This Land of…
Agri View: Crop Losses
…statistical approach on data available from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). They considered not only extremely high temperatures, but also drought, flooding and severe cold….
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…of agricultural issues. Among other things, the 58-page document urges Congress to remove the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – food stamps – from the Farm Bill. More than 75…
Efforts to Make School Environments Healthier
Local School Wellness Policy and Smart Snacks among Four Regulations Ensuring Access to Healthy Food, Consistent Nutrition Standards for Foods Marketed and Served to Students, and Greater Program Integrity The…
National Tequila Day
…producers of tequila, whose businesses continue in some form today. Agave tequilana plant to distill Mexican tequila liquor Agave grows in a variety of forms. Blue agave, grown in the…
Ag Labor and Border Security Require Balanced Approach
…its mind. We’re either going to import our agricultural labor or we’ll have to import our food. Most Americans would opt for food grown on our own soil by American…
Shade Plants
…Ours. Shade Plants From: Modern Farmer So Shady: 10 Crops That Can Be Grown Without a Lot of Sun By Brian Barth, Modern Farmer writer Okay, raise your hand: How…
Agri View: Bad Weather
…could total 1 to 2 inches, with locally higher amounts, across the nation’s mid-section. Similar totals will be scattered across the southern and eastern U.S. As the ridge shifts eastward,…
Farm Labor Shortage Vexes Farmers
…either have to import our labor – workers to harvest our crops – or we’ll have to import our food.” An informal survey of state Farm Bureaus revealed that farmers…
Drought Resistant Plants
…and the global food system came along? They ate a lot of meat, to be sure. But they also foraged for and eventually domesticated a great number of edible plants,…
Agri View: Burger Possibilities
…eggs, French fries and more with these ideas from Food Network Magazine. Loaded Chili Cheeseburgers Photograph by Levi Brown, courtesy of Food Netrwork Directions Prepare the onion rings as the…