…We were selling pears on a table out in front,” Ranch Manager Russ Bonino said. The stand sells sweet corn, tomatoes, many varieties of squashes, zucchini and much more. In…
USDA Aims to Improve Food and Nutrition Education for Low-Income Communities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced support to develop local and self-reliant food systems, such as farm to table enterprises that bring…
Raisin Prices Offset by Lower Production
…count and how short the raisin grape crop was going to be for the 2017 year crop,” said RBA CEO Kalem Barserian Competition from newer varieties of table grapes and…
Senate Committee Advances Chief Ag Negotiator Nominee
…Committee Chairman Pat Roberts said Doud needs to be at the negotiating table to represent U.S. agriculture as part of the NAFTA talks. Roberts and the White House agreed that…
Ag Exports Key to Trump NAFTA Deficit Strategy
…Lighthizer “made that very clear” that the administration seeks to increase ag exports. Roberts says the administration needs to have its chief agricultural negotiator at the table. Gregg Doud’s nomination…
NAFTA Talks Reach Standstill
…as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has confirmed the U.S. will table its dairy proposal, for now. The proposal seeks to end Canada’s dairy supply management program, a “non-starter” for…
Avocado Industry Gets Pest Update at Recent Meeting
Approximately 64 growers, Pest Control Advisors and other stakeholders in the avocado industry recently attended the Avocado Pest Management Round Table grower meeting that was held in Fallbrook on September…
Ag to Take Center Stage in Round Four of NAFTA Talks
…ever watched a boxing match, they circle one another for a while, and I think we’ve been circling.” He says the administration will lay some things on the table in…
October is National Chili Month
…cheese, onions, olives, and avocado. However you prefer it, when posting to social media use the hashtag #nationalchilimonth. I’m Cathy Isom… Image: (top right) Roasted Pumpkin White Bean Turkey Chili…
Tomato Crop Coming in Lighter than Expected
…the delta, the Sacramento River influences our groundwater table. We’re usually the last part of the state to harvest, and we will be again probably this year. We got into…
Entomologist Frank Zalom Delivers 2017 ARS B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture at ASHS Conference
…common goal of industrywide improvements in pest and pesticide management for individual crops such as almonds, tomatoes, strawberries, grapes, and olives. IPM benefits most from a transdisciplinary approach to developing…
GMO-Free Labeling Fear Based
…has labeled its table salt as “GMO-free,” when it could never have been GMO in the first place because salt has no genes to modify. USA Today reports that similar…
National Food Bank Day
…available for some of the 42 million men, women and children who struggle with putting food on the table. Today is National Food Bank Day. Recognized every first Friday of…
Agriculture Looks for Ways to Boost Exports
Agriculture is looking for every way possible to boost farm exports, at a time when other trade avenues seem to be limited or closed. TPP is off the table, the…