The 43th annual California ASA Plant and Soil Conference will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 4 & 5, 2014 at the Radisson Hotel and Convention Center in Fresno,…
American Adults are Choosing Healthier Foods, Consuming Healthier Diets
…the historic Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. USDA recently announced Smart Snacks in Schools, which sets healthy guidelines for all foods and beverages sold in school to ensure that…
BDCP Public Open House Meetings Begin This Week in Fresno and Bakersfield
…Los Angeles, CA 90015 ONTARIO – Wednesday, February 5, 2014 – 3pm-7pm Ontario Convention Center 2000 E Convention Center Way, Ontario, CA 91764 SAN DIEGO – Thursday, February 6, 2014…
Center for Produce Safety Announces Call for Research Proposals
…postharvest water are among the core research areas listed. A complete list of research priorities is posted on the home page of the CPS website, http://cps.ucdavis.edu. CPS and its partners…
CATA Comments on Governor Brown’s Budget Proposal Eliminating Agricultural Education Incentive Grant
…projects, and leadership training through the Future Farmers of America (FFA) student organization. The Agricultural Education Incentive Grant currently supports local Ag Education programs and FFA activities in over 300…
Free Training on Safe Spraying for Agriculture
…give attendees a valuable opportunity to learn about new and improved practices and technologies to reduce pesticide drift and ensure employee and public safety. There will be live demonstrations in…
Ag Business Issues Challenge to Support FFA, Young Farmers and Ranchers
A national business that gets a quite a bit of sales here in California is using some of that to give back to the future of agriculture. Sabrina Hill reports….
AgNeTVideo: Agro-Culture Issues Challenge to Support FFA, Young Farmers and Ranchers
Lonny Smith of Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers announces he is donating a portion of his sales to California FFA programs, and challenges other businesses to do the same….
California Almond Growers to Vote on Marketing Order
California almond growers will vote on whether to continue their Federal marketing order from Feb. 18, 2014, through March 7, 2014. Growers who have produced almonds in California from Aug….
USDA Makes Flexibilities in National School Lunch Program
…that USDA is making permanent the current flexibility that allows schools to serve larger portions of lean protein and whole grains at mealtime. “Earlier this school year, USDA made a…
Speaker Series to Celebrate UCCE 100th Anniversary
…The theme for UCCE centennial presentations on opening day, Feb. 11, is “The good, the bad and the ugly: Species in California,” It will focus on species that benefit agriculture…
AgNeTVideo: FFA at Almond Conference
Members of the Oakdale H.S. FFA volunteered their assistance this year at the Almond Conference in Sacramento. Sabrina Hill caught up with one of the members for this interview….
AgNet West, Partners Spread Holiday Cheer at Children’s Hospital
…magazine. which encourages reading in school-aged children while showing them the importance of agriculture in our communities. Santa and Mrs. Claus, along with their elf, make a…
EPA West Coast Collaborative Announces Grants
…filter (DPF) retrofits on heavy-duty diesel school buses. Pima Association of Governments received $150,000 to replace heavy-duty diesel school buses with compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane (LPG) buses. Sacramento…
