Monthly Archives: April 2013

The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is a look at the upcoming cherry season.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/28/5375458/where-farm-to-fork-falls-short.html By Elaine Corn No sooner was the transcontinental railroad completed in 1869, than Sacramento began shipping oranges from Fair Oaks across the country. By 1911, Sacramento County was shipping cherries and Flame Tokay grapes to New York. If you lived in California, that food was local and still is. New Yorkers and anyone in areas that froze part of …

http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/honey-bee-robots-coming-agriculture Could a robot honey bee actually pollinate an orchard or crop field? With a carbon fiber body and titanium wings, researchers say a mechanized honey bee is leading a microbot charge toward real world applications — agriculture included. In a time of genuine bee crisis — CCD, neonicotinoid pesticide questions and varroa mite — the promise of mechanized bees …

In connection with national Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Species Awareness Month, CDFA is making a new mobile app available for Californians interested in helping to keep an eye out for invasive species. The app is called “Report a Pest,” and it enables people to take photos of a suspected invasive insect or plant and send them to CDFA for …

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Teen Harvesters,” a story about a farm putting young people to work and, hopefully, grooming them for future careers in agriculture.

As we celebrate Earth Day today, I would like to take a moment to talk about the future. In agriculture, we find ourselves considering a future that will include explosive population growth between now and 2050, along with projections that food demand will double. While that represents opportunity for our farmers and ranchers, the challenge they will face is meeting that …

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Farmers Markets.”

Guangzhou was the perfect end to our trade mission to China. This vibrant city of 12.5 million in the Pearl River Delta exhibits a unique character that is full of energy and committed to business and economic development. We visited the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market , which is the largest wholesale market for produce in not only China, …