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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new report showing tremendous demand for recent college graduates with a degree in agricultural programs with an estimated 57,900 high-skilled job openings annually in the food, agriculture, renewable natural resources, and environment fields … Continue reading →

By Jessica Carew Craft You drink eight glasses of water a day. But you consume far more through the food you eat.   Some consumer items use a lot of water (jeans are among the most demanding), but the bulk … Continue reading →

A major disease event for poultry has landed in the U.S. Highly-pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a number of states, and while the brunt of the impact has been in the Midwest, and our thoughts are with those … Continue reading →

By Claire Leschin-Hoar It was a single limb on a walnut tree that had withered and died. A small loss, and one Craig McNamara (President of the CA State Board of Food and Agriculture) could have easily missed during his … Continue reading →

A Drought Forum hosted in Fresno by the California State Board of Food and Agriculture is now underway. A live stream of the meeting is available. The link will take viewers to the web site of the Governor’s Office of … Continue reading →

  By John Holland The Fanelli Dairy has 750 cows that produce milk – and a far larger number of worms that turn out something else of value. The farm is taking part in a research project using worms to … Continue reading →

By Craig McNamara, President, California State Board of Food and Agriculture  Tomorrow (May 5), the California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be hosting a drought forum at the Big Fresno Fair (10 am-1 pm) to  to hear from … Continue reading →

                              Calaveras Co. Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee 5/14/2015 to 5/17/2015 Angels Camp, CA Chowchilla-Madera County Fair 5/14/2015 to 5/17/2015 Chowchilla, CA Contra Costa County Fair … Continue reading →