Monthly Archives: May 2012

From California Grown and PR Newswire: Mother’s Day is right around the corner and the time is right to celebrate mom by delighting her with fresh cut flowers from California. “California Grown” offers the following tips for keeping her flowers beautiful long after her special day: Seek out the freshest flowers available. California-grown flowers were probably in the field just …

From the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, California office: The initial subjective forecast for the 2012 California almond production is 2.00 billion pounds. This is 1.5 percent below last year’s record production of 2.03 billion pounds. Yield, forecasted at 2,560 lbs/acre, is down 4 percent from 2011’s record of 2,670 lbs/acre. Forecasted bearing acreage for 2012 is 780 thousand. This …

Come to the fair this summer! The University of California Small Farm Program and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Division of Fairs and Expositions are teaming up to connect fruit, vegetable, nut, and flower farmers with county and regional fairs to celebrate California specialty crops. The two organizations are organizing workshops and tours for farmers and agricultural …

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/05/why-choose-to-eat-meat/#ixzz1uCFhAAUb I am a fifth generation California cattleman, with my sons and daughter actively involved in the ranch. I guess some would classify me as an animal killer because we grow cattle to produce beef. And I know non-ranchers struggle to understand that I can do that and still like cattle, but I do. As producers, we have a moral …

CDFA is joining the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in encouraging Californians to make the annual May 5 festivities a “Citrus de Mayo” affair by celebrating citrus’ role in the day’s food and culture—while also raising awareness of the serious threat that citrus diseases like huanglongbing pose to California’s residential and commercial citrus. From the limes and …

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-madcow-california-20120502,0,2552488.story May 2, 2012 Mad cow disease has the power to terrify, but at this point, U.S. consumers have far more to fear from other sources of food poisoning. There have been no human deaths from eating mad-cow-tainted beef in this country. Meanwhile, other food-borne illnesses kill 3,000 Americans a year; close to 400 die from salmonella alone, according to …