Agriculture and the food industry have been undergoing significant change for the last decade. These changes are something farmers and others in the agribusiness industry need to be aware of from a business and supplier standpoint as 2018 comes to an end and we ring in the new year.
Share This: Farm to Fork Column By: Victor Martino Fire, Water, and Farming in the Golden State As I write this column Friday, Nov. 16, the Golden State is on fire, from upscale Malibu in the south to rural Butte
Share This: Farm to Fork Column By: Victor Martino Meet the farming side of Sears Sears, the 132-year-old iconic department store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, October 15. It faced a whopping 132-million debt payment which it could not
Industrial hemp, which unlike it’s cousin marijuana contains a negligible amount of THC, the compound that gets you high, may soon be given the green light as a fully-legal commercial crop in California. So whats in store for the commodity in California?
Share This: Farm to Fork Column By: Victor Martino The Summer of Justifiable Discontent for California Farmers It’s been a tough summer for California farmers. Along with the normal day-to-day challenges farming presents, the summer of 2018 has been packed
Share This: It’s time to reinstate COOL By; Victor Martino Contributing Editor R-CALF USA, the largest producer-only cattle trade association in the U.S., is calling on President Trump to restore COOL (country of origin labeling) for beef as part of
Our writer Victor Martino goes over the rising tide that is organic farming, and just what that is starting to mean to the Ag industry as a whole. Check it out, and let us know your thoughts.
In today’s farming world, we hear many terms passed about. But perhaps one of the most misunderstood is that of “Regenerative Agriculture”. Just what is it, and how do farms consider it in use? This is an almost “Back to the Future” like farming method that you will be hearing more about in the future. Especially as more farms look for ways to integrate and grow.
Share This: Farm-To-Fork. By: Victor Martino First Farmer Singular: San Joaquin Valley farmer Joe L. Del Bosque on farming in California and World Ag Expo 2018. Each February the world of agriculture comes to the world’s largest agricultural region, the
Reinventing Dairy – With the ever changing health consciousness in American society, can Milk as a commodity survive in the long term? Or will California dairy continue to suffer until the end? Read more to find out some solutions that you may see the milk industry take in the future as it fights to stay relevant to consumers that continue to see it as a harmful industry.
