News was being delivered throughout the day at the newly named Fundación de la Voz de los Viñedos’ 5th annual Vineyard Employee Recognition Celebration.  Acknowledged as one of the most innovative and prestigious awards in the winegrape industry, the Employee Recognition award salutes the accomplishments, talent and leadership of vineyard employees who contribute greatly to making Sonoma County a world-renowned …

Karissa Kruse, president and CEO of Sonoma County Winegrowers, used the organization’s annual meeting to unveil a number of innovative programs and impressive new partnerships all linked to building upon its role as a global leader in sustainable farming. “Our growers always ask, ‘what’s next?’  While we have made great progress in our commitment to sustainability, we refuse to rest …

Farm Credit is the largest provider of credit to U.S. agriculture, but its support goes much deeper than that. Farm Credit is also committed to the sustainability and long-term viability of agriculture and rural communities and strongly supports non-profits working to preserve and protect California agriculture. In 2022, the Farm Credit Alliance – AgWest Farm Credit, American Ag Credit, CoBank, …

Helping hundreds of farmers across more than 100,000 acres of California’s San Joaquin Valley adopt growing practices that conserve water, build soil health and deliver climate benefits is not an easy task. But it’s vitally important for the nation’s food supply. The San Joaquin Valley, which supplies more than 300 food products worldwide, is facing unprecedented climatic challenges including wildfires, droughts …

Registration is now open to attend the first-ever Salinas Biological Summit, which will be held June 20-21, 2023 at CSU Monterey Bay’s Salinas City Center. Co-presented by Western Growers and New Zealand-based agrifood tech consultancy Wharf42, the 2023 Salinas Biological Summit will provide an opportunity for growers to increase their awareness of available biological solutions to address their soil and …

Now in its fifth year, the agriculture industry collaboration led by Growing Matters kicked off its annual BeSure! stewardship awareness campaign to promote best stewardship practices when using neonicotinoid products on farms and urban landscapes. Using a wide range of media channels, the BeSure! campaign reminds growers, crop protection applicators, urban landscape applicators, agricultural supply retailers and others to follow label …

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) latest attempt at proposed rules for a “Product of the USA” label for meat products are again likely to result in trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico costing American consumers and businesses billions of dollars. “Unfortunately, this proposed rule …

What is current law? Products made in meat and poultry facilities in America, by workers in America, inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and bearing the USDA mark of inspection may be labeled “Product of the USA.” An imported product may be considered a domestic product if it undergoes a “substantial transformation” commonly defined as a change in …

How do we increase food production by more than 50%, on a limited amount of arable land, to feed a projected 10 billion people by 2050? The solution could come in the form of nutritious and protein-dense microalgae (single-celled), grown in onshore, seawater-fed aquaculture systems. A paper, “Transforming the Future of Marine Aquaculture: A Circular Economy Approach,” published in the September …

Almost 200 students from around the U.S. had the chance to work on two challenges for the agricultural industry as part of the NSF/USDA-NIFA-funded AgAID Institute’s Digital Agathon. The event was held on the Washington State University Pullman campus as well as in Corvallis, Oregon and Merced, California. A total of 32 teams from WSU, Oregon State University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech …