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The hyper-local food trend is really big right now. And apparently, NASA wants to make sure astronauts don’t miss out. The agency recently announced plans to grow cress, turnips and basil on the moon. And to protect the plants from the harsh … Continue reading →

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

With freezing temperatures in the forecast this week for much of the Central Valley, concern is high for growers of commodities in the midst of harvest, or close to it, such as citrus and avocados. The California Department of Food … Continue reading →

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24500983/greenwaste-biogas-san-jose-food-scraps-energy-zero-waste-green?source=rss# By Dana Hull The nation’s largest facility for turning food scraps into biogas is about to go online in north San Jose. The project is a unique partnership between GreenWaste, which collects garbage, recycled materials and compostibles, and Zanker … Continue reading →

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/21/222082247/trader-joes-ex-president-to-turn-expired-food-into-cheap-meals Here’s some food for thought: One-third of the world’s food goes to waste every year. In the U.S., about 40 percent of our food gets thrown out. It’s happening on the farm, at the grocery store and in our … Continue reading →

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-turkey-beer-20131108,0,4258790.story#axzz2lDIvUHnY By Ricardo Lopez Turkeys will eat just about anything. Just ask Joe Morette. In 1993, the New Hampshire farmer and his workers popped open a few cans of beer after work one summer day. When one his birds knocked … Continue reading →

http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/18/3039532/farm-exports-hit-record.html By John Holland The world’s appetite for what the United States grows has increased again, pushing the nation’s farm exports to an estimated $140.9 billion in the last fiscal year. Soybeans, corn and other Midwest crops played the biggest … Continue reading →

http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/20/3042330/blue-diamond-growers-rings-up.html By Mark Glover California-grown almonds continue to be a red-hot commodity for Blue Diamond Growers, which will report record income of $1.2 billion at its annual meeting in Modesto today. President and CEO Mark Jansen will talk about the … Continue reading →

http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/16/3035349/leonard-van-elderen-water-is-the.html   By Leonard Van Elderen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Yosemite Farm Credit   The financing of a farm is tied squarely to the land. The land has value that allows the lender to provide the loans. That … Continue reading →

CDFA’s ongoing commitment to outreach through technology has led to the development of three new applications for smart phones. The first is a guide to local farmers’ markets. The new application was developed in collaboration with the State Department of … Continue reading →