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CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is congratulating the University of California at Santa Cruz for winning a grant of more than $2.6 million from the USDA for organic research.  The grant is among $19 million being issued nationally by the USDA … Continue reading →

A 75-square mile quarantine is now in place in the Anaheim area of Orange County, due to an Oriental fruit fly infestation. For more information, including a map of the quarantine zone, please visit this CDFA Internet page .

The UC Small Farm Program and UC Cooperative Extension invite agritourism leaders, advisors, promoters and regulators from all over the state to strategize about building better support for California agritourism operators at a statewide agritourism summit to be held November … Continue reading →

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/10/california-cantaloupes-listeria-safe.html Federal regulators’ pinpointing of a deadly listeria food poisoning to a single packing shed in Colorado provides evidence that the outbreak was an isolated case of poor sanitation practices, according to California’s biggest trade group for fresh fruits, nuts … Continue reading →

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is preparing for a quarantine and treatment program to eradicate an Oriental fruit fly (OFF) infestation in the Anaheim area of Orange County. The quarantine will also affect an adjacent portion of southern … Continue reading →

The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will discuss policies for agricultural water transfers at its regularly scheduled meeting on October 26th in Sacramento. The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the California Department … Continue reading →

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has prepared a Scoping Report for its Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR).  This Scoping Report summarizes the comments and questions raised during the public scoping period … Continue reading →

Apple Hill just finished its busiest weekend of the year,  said Ann Wofford, director of the Apple Hill Growers Association, a collection  of 55 orchards and other agricultural businesses in El Dorado County. Liz Applegate, a Ph.D. nutritionist at the … Continue reading →

When the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in Emeryville recently introduced twelve new hydrogen fuel cell buses and a fueling system, CDFA’s Division of Measurement Standards (DMS) was alongside to make sure the dispensing equipment was accurate.  All new retail … Continue reading →