The state of California will be offering $57 million in food processing grants in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The grant funding distributed by the new Food Production…
Almonds Don’t Lactate: FDA to Enforce Standards for Milk Labeling
…the concern that non-dairy products such as almond milk, and soy milk are misleading to consumers. In a keynote address at Politico’s Pro Summit in Washington Gottlieb spoke on the…
Report Says Meat, Dairy to Become World’s Biggest Polluters
…The report says meat and dairy production is concentrated in a small number of countries, including the U.S. China, the European Union, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia. The…
Turkey Industry Reviewing Salmonella Controls Amid Outbreak
…live turkeys. In a statement, the NTF says its members are individually reviewing their salmonella control programs in all phases of production. They’re also working as a group through the…
California Water Board Central Valley Plan Bad for Farmers/Consumers
…we bolster commercial fishing at the price of farming? The Water Board’s decision affects the entire country. California farms make up 12.5 percent of the total agricultural production for all…
Agri View: Importance of World Trade
…think about what you are wearing, where you are sleeping, or live, world trade can have a lot more meaning. If we only lived off of U.S. production, there wouldn’t…
Cherries Play Important Role in Your Health
…also important to go for the whole, natural fruit. Cherries are also one of the best foods to promote melatonin production in the body. This hormone is necessary for not…
Agri View: Non-Dairy Milk Source
Everett Griner talks about the non-dairy milk from nuts and vegetables being accepted in today’s Agri View. Non-Dairy Milk Source You know milk cows are one of the oldest animals…
Trade War Endangers Farmers, Farm Bureau Tells Congress
…our cotton farmers. “Also, on our dairy, we have already seen prices of milk and other products fall by more than 10 percent over the last month alone. These are…
FDA To Crackdown on Non-dairy Products Labeling
…win for the U.S. dairy industry. Gottlieb told the event: “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess,” referring to almond milk and the FDA standards for milk that reference products…
Fighting to Remain Competitive Despite Increasing Power Rates in California
…the agriculture industry especially hard, as other regulations have already increased the overall cost of production in recent years. CCGGA found that as of February 2018, the average industrial electricity…
A Healthy Delicious Look at Cashews
…to extreme south Florida, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. There is no commercial production in the United States, though cashews are grown in botanical collections and some home landscapes. I’m Cathy…
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field on Regulatory Issues
…on the Department of Agriculture to assert its “proper oversight” of two emerging issues: laboratory-produced cultured protein and gene editing in livestock production. The comments came after the FDA seemed…
Nutrien to Acquire Agrible
…advisory tools, data science capabilities and predictive analytics that connects growers with agricultural, food and consumer products companies to “measure, benchmark and empower sustainable crop production.” Agrible’s platform is currently…