Tag: food
President Biden joined leaders from across the Western Hemisphere to present the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection at the Summit of the Americas. The Declaration seeks to mobilize the entire region around strong actions to bring the...
Price hikes for family farmers spurred a study on nitrogen fertilizer costs and impact on farms released this week. The analysis, completed by the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University (AFPC) eyes several concerning factors that appear to...
Farm Credit West, ACA, donated over $50,000 to food banks throughout the regions where they operate, including Arizona, California’s Central Coast, the Imperial Valley, South San Joaquin Valley, and Sacramento Valley.
“In times of need, it is imperative our communities...
The technology group GEA is launching a new packaging line for dairy and food powders or granules. The new GEA SmartFil M1 has been developed to provide a wide range of filling configurations to meet the diverse necessities of...
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) recently submitted comments in response to the request for information on Supply Chains for the Production of Agricultural Commodities and Food Products (docket number AMS-TM-21-0034). This comment period was in direct response to Executive Order 14017,...
When COVID-19 led to the first wave of quarantines in March 2020, at Agrotonomy Tower Farms, we started to donate up to 95% of our vegetables and food production to low-income individuals.
Giving away nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables has...
The National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (National ACT) last summer elected five student officers to serve until July of 2021.
President: Layne Mustian
Layne Mustian is a senior at Texas A&M University where she is majoring in agricultural communications and journalism...
Big changes often start with a little step, and it is these small steps that often produce a considerable and decisive impact both at a local and global level. And when the challenge is to convince people to believe...
Compared to other production sectors, the primary sector is the one that has shown the greatest resilience. Global production of grains and milk increased, as did the prices of the main agricultural commodities. Agriculture and mechanization are strategic in...
Funding will improve food safety and productivity
The Governments of Canada and Ontario are providing more than $5.4 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to help food processing businesses improve food safety, increase labour productivity and enable better access to...
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