Kansas Brother’s ranching ‘I’m Farming And I Grow It’ music video goes viral
Agriculture just became a little more entertaining thanks to a new music video by the Peterson Farm Bros, a pro-agriculture group from Kansas. Their parody takes on "I’m Sexy and I Know it" to show that they are "farmers and [they] grow it."
Another successful CPF Summer Meeting
Another successful CPF Summer Board Meeting was was held this past Monday and Tuesday, June 25 and 26. The event was at The Cliffs Resort in Shell Beach, California. Monday’s scramble-format golf tournament was very popular and had more golfers than past years.
USFRA Food Dialogues in Los Angeles Today : The Great Debate – Science, Technology and Food
What technologies are farmers and ranchers using to produce food while protecting the environment? Is more research the answer to biotechnology in agriculture?
Farm bill splits produce growers, food activists
Five years ago, California farmers were a powerful ally of the new food movement’s crusade to get Washington to stop subsidizing corn and start promoting the fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts that are the mainstay of the state’s huge farm sector. This year, Bay Area food activists are on their own.
California foie gras ban ends farmer’s ‘American dream’
A looming foie gras ban in California is pitting animal rights protesters against high-end chefs. Squeezed in the middle is Guillermo Gonzalez, lamenting the end of his "American dream".
Gonzalez, the only foie gras producer in the famously liberal US state, claims ignorant activists and "special interests" are unfairly throttling the livelihood he has built since arriving from El Salvador in 1986.
From hens to crop payments, Senate farm bill laden with suggestions
The egg producers and animal rights advocates who once battled over animal housing in California see a new farm bill as a chance to put an unusual alliance into action. If lawmakers agree, the bill would phase in the first national standards to include larger cages for egg-laying hens, stricter egg labeling and limits on ammonia buildup.
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine welcomes Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo to the faculty
Position supported by CPF and PEPA members
Dr. Rodrigo A. Gallardo joined the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Population Health and Reproduction, as Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor in Residence for Poultry Infectious Diseases, effective June 1, 2012.
California foie gras ban: Frenzy grows as new law nears
This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead. Chefs are loading their high-end menus with duck liver: terrine de foie gras, seared foie gras with mango chutney, foie gras salad and sweet foie gras for dessert. And they are keeping secret the locations of their multi-course dinners to avoid protesters as a July 1 ban looms in California, the only state to outlaw foie gras.
CPF welcomes Cargill Animal Nutrition as Allied Member
Cargill Animal Nutrition is a global leader in animal nutrition technology, vitamin and trace mineral premix, risk management, and feed manufacturing. Cargill partners with commercial poultry companies to create valuable, […]
Tests find drug-resistant bacteria even in antibiotic-free meats
The many people around the Bay Area firing up the grill during the holiday weekend should be aware of the serious risks presented by drug-resistant bacteria found in meat. 16,000 Americans died last year from such bacteria, and doctors say most of that meat came from animals that had been treated with antibiotics. For some consumers, buying meat is not big deal. Read the full story here.