2012 CPF Summer Board of Directors Meeting
The California Poultry Federation (CPF) Annual Summer Meeting June 25th – June 26th at The Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach, CA!! R.S.V.P by May 22 to Sandy (888) 822-4004 or […]
Foie gras ban: Lawmakers won’t help out chefs
California’s legislative leaders say they will not help a group of chefs who want to overturn a long-planned ban on foie gras that is scheduled to take effect in July. […]
CPF member Nilsen Farms featured on USFRA Food Dialogues website
Nilsen Farms in Wilton, California and a member of the California Poultry Federation, is one of the featured videos on the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), The Food Dialogues website. USFRA surveyed farmers and ranchers and asked them to share what they wish Americans knew about how food is brought to their tables. The Nilsen Farms video shows how turkeys are raised at their ranch, and how Nilsen Farms uses its natural resources to create create sustainable energy and eliminate waste.
CPF Welcomes Wells Fargo Bank as new Allied Member
With headquarters in California, Wells Fargo is the #1 agricultural lender among Commercial Banks in the U.S. Our familiarity with California’s agricultural markets, growing conditions, and local economy, combined with […]
CPF Executive Committee visits Washington D.C.
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The California Poultry Federation Executive Committee lobbied Congress and the USDA last week. Here they visit with Congressman Kevin McCarthy who represents California’s 22nd congressional district and is the Republican Majority Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Chefs fight foie gras ban, plan simultaneous blow-out dinners
More than 100 California chefs have formed a group called the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards (yes, the acronym spells CHEFS) to fight California’s pending ban on foie gras. The ban on fattened duck or goose liver is set to take effect July 1.
Bill addressing attacks on farms moves forward
Assemblyman David Valadao’s (R-Hanford) measure, AB 2177, to tighten criminal penalties for those committing certain types of violence at livestock facilities was unanimously approved out of the Assembly Committee on […]
Ethanol production that poultry producers have been praying for
You know about the U.S. federal government’s "all of the above" energy policy to bring new fuel sources to the U.S. marketplace but that doesn’t include fossil fuels because they […]
Ag Secretary Karen Ross to speak in May at CSU Stanislaus
California State University, Stanislaus’ Agricultural Studies Department is pleased to announce the spring Agricultural Studies Speaker Series with Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). […]
NCC blasts vegan group’s misleading claims about supermarket chicken
The National Chicken Council released the following statement today in response to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a pseudo-medical, vegan advocacy group, and its misleading claims about supermarket chicken. Attributable to Ashley Peterson, Ph.D., vice president of science and technology: