…growing conditions, harvesting techniques, manufacturing processes, transportation and distribution conditions, nature of the food, and storage temperatures. Remember to buy foods in reasonable quantities and rotate the products in your…
Vacancy on the Rendering Industry Advisory Board
…licensed renderer, collection center, dead hauler, or registered transporter of inedible kitchen grease. Members of the board receive no compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for transportation to and from…
People’s Gardens Across Government
People’s Gardens, Farmers Markets & CSAs at USDA and Across Government by Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program USDA photo by Ken Melton. We celebrated a few…
Rice Paddies Fueling Electric Vehicles
…common on the road as they are on the plate. Funded by the Energy Department’s Vehicle Technologies Office, this project was part of the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies (BATT)…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
…on the table. “Our Farm to Family team prides itself on our logistics and transportation expertise, which farmers tell us is an asset to working with our program,” said Sue…
High Tunnel System Initiative
…Reduce nutrient and pesticide transportation Improve air quality through reduced transportation inputs Reduce energy use by providing consumers with a local source of fresh produce Core Practice High Tunnel System…
Biofuel Trade Groups, Companies Commend Senators’ Action
…39 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making products forfood, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn more at www.adm.com….
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…on display at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor, Maine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Billy Hathorn 8. General Purpose Tractor: During the 1920s, row-crop work such as planting…
Bus Stop Farmers Markets
…desert residents are reliant on public transportation, which is difficult to navigate with a family’s worth of grocery bags in hand, so they make do with what’s available at the…
Green Industry Advances Are Focus of March 9 Conference; Awards Ceremony
…Ecologic, and is a pioneer in using 3D printing for auto design. His topic is “Transportation in the 21stCentury.” The 2016 keynote address, educational events and vendor displays and will…
Ethanol Committee Visits California’s Low Carbon Economy
…California Air Resources Board’s Transportation Fuel Branch in Sacramento discussed the history behind CARB’s carbon emissions scoring and the criteria contained in the current Low Carbon Fuel Standard. According to…
Food Prices 2016
…at prices for other things that are factors for production such as cost of transportation, price for oil or diesel, food processing costs, and we also look at retail grocery…
Fictitious Pickups Cost Consumer Too
…from a Los-Angeles based organized crime ring. By hacking into a Department of Transportation database, thieves obtain and manipulate identities and shipping information for trucking and transportation companies. Once the…
Agri View: Migrant Trends
…to limited access to transportation and also to their lack of legal status which reduce their access to neighborhood businesses, services and community activities in general. Fear of being picked…