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Conestoga-Rovers & Associations new CPF Allied Member

The CRA Family of Companies includes Conestoga-Rovers & Associates and a number of other entities that continue to maintain their own regional identity while working seamlessly within the entire organization. The Family of Companies consists of over 90 offices and 3,000 people working on projects around the world.The agricultural industry is experiencing ever increasing and complex regulatory challenges.

California Foie Gras Ban Turns Into a New Fight

When meat is outlawed — in this case fatty livers of geese or ducks — only outlaws will eat meat.
Foodies are hoarding all the fatty geese or duck livers they can find, while new foie gras farmers may be setting up right across the border.
Chefs are flaunting the ban on the fatty livers by serving the very French dish known as foie gras.
And California’s restaurant industry is in federal court, asking to have the ban on serving the fatty livers struck down for a long list of reasons.

USPOULTRY announces 12th Annual Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award competition

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is now accepting nominations for the 12th annual Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production. Those eligible for the award include any poultry grower or egg producer (family-owned) who supply product to a USPOULTRY member or an independent producer who is a USPOULTRY member. Nominations are due September 14, 2012.

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.