Articles by Sara Wyant

Innovators developing a low-cost insect-based feed source and a wine pairing system were two food and agriculture recipients of over $110,000 in “The Big Bang” funds announced last week.

Multiple sources agree that African Swine Fever, first confirmed in China on Aug. 2, 2018, in the northeastern city of Shenyang, is ravaging the Asian giant’s pork industry in a way that will have impacts on global protein production and feed consumption for several years in the future.

“Hunger is an issue affecting too many Californians,” according to a resolution passed this week by the state Senate. Citrus Stride Day addresses this challenge by donating to food banks 1,000 pounds of citrus for every lawmaker who participates in the one-mile walk around the capitol.

If you visit USDA this summer and fall, or stop by the Farmer’s Garden on Fridays, you’ll have a chance to learn a bit more about modern farming and ranching – both conventional and organic.

The investment in Aleph Farms builds on Cargill’s other partnerships in alternative protein.

CalEPA announced today that the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation is acting to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in California by initiating cancellation of the pesticide.

The Trump administration announced it will resume collecting 17.5 percent tariffs on all chilled and fresh Mexican tomatoes after the Tomato Suspension Agreement expired on Tuesday.

FDA officials say it’s time to look at the future of food safety while leveraging the “use of new and emerging technologies to create a more digital, traceable and safer system.”

Recent guidance letters are putting some long-standing relationship to the test regarding pesticide regulations.