How do soils, and the state of their health, play a key part in capturing water and preventing runoff, erosion and other environmental problems? The Role of Soils in Capturing…
OpEd from Assemblyman Adam Gray on Water Restrictions
…It is as if the State Water Board holds these three tributaries responsible for the health of the entire Delta. This water take is completely unprecedented in its scope, and…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
…The state has taken steps to make sure that water is available for human health and safety, growing food, fighting fires and protecting fish and wildlife. Millions have been spent…
More than $1.6 M for California as USDA Announces Grants for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs
…help our children be healthy kids, and develop into healthy adults,” said Vilsack. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) made the awards through the AFRI Childhood Obesity Prevention…
California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Agricultural Trade and Workforce Immigration Issues in San Diego
…Center in Tijuana. Invited speakers include representatives from the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture (SAGARPA), the National Service for Agro-Alimentary Public Health and Safety (SENASICA), and the Baja California Secretariat of…
CDFA Video: Secretary Ross Meets Sammy Soil
The theme of California Ag Day at the State Capitol last week was “Breaking New Ground,” with soil health a key focal point. During the event, CDFA Secretary Karen Ross…
Statement by Bob Stallman, President, AFBF Regarding the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015
“State-led mandatory food labeling initiatives mislead consumers about the safety of GM foods, even though there is no credible evidence linking a food-safety or health risk to the consumption of…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Madera County
…infected; the diseased tree will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. HLB has been detected just once in California — in 2012 on a single…
CDFA Announces Recall of Raw Milk Products at Claravale Farm of San Benito County
…Claravale Farm’s raw milk and raw cream from samples collected and tested by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Consumers are strongly urged to dispose of any product remaining…
USDA Provides $57.9 Million to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases through the 2014 Farm Bill Section 10007
…across the country to prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests, diseases and pathogens, as well as to ensure the availability of a healthy supply of clean plant stock…
NIMITZ Nematicide Receives State Registration in California
…application, rather than temporary nematostatic (immobilizing) activity as seen with organophosphates and carbamate nematicides. “NMITZ is lethal to nematodes. As a result, we see greatly improved root health all season…
UC Davis Veterinary School Named Best in Nation by US News and World Report
…solve society’s most pressing health issues by collaborating with colleagues from human medicine and other disciplines. An example of its “one health” approach is a recent $100 million grant to…
California Ag Day, National Agriculture Week Just Around the Corner
…for the 2015 event is “California Agriculture: Breaking new Ground.” A focus will be the importance of soil health to our food supply and all of agriculture. Ag Day is…
Additional Asian Citrus Psyllid Detections in Tulare County Expand Quarantine Further into Fresno County
…There is no cure once a tree becomes infected; the diseased tree will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. HLB has been detected just once…