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Trader Joe’s salads and wraps recalled over parasite concern

Written on 1 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Certain salads and sandwich wraps sold at Trader Joe’s and some other large food retailers have been recalled over a parasite found in batches of romaine lettuce. [Cal Coast Times] The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection... (Continue reading)

Maldonado meets with Trump over ag secretary job

Written on 29 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing Santa Maria farmer and former California lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado as the United States secretary of agriculture. Trump met with Maldonado on Wednesday at the president-elect’s Mar-A-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. Another... (Continue reading)

California crippling drought deepens

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

California drought deepens with areas of exceptional drought going from 36 percent of the state last week to 58 percent of the state this week. The same week that California began handing at fines for wasting water, the state deemed... (Continue reading)

Beef deemed unfit for human consumption prompts recall

Written on 12 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A California company is recalling 8.7 million pounds of beef distributed through a slaughterhouse that processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Saturday. [ABC] The Petaluma-based Rancho Feeding Corp. is... (Continue reading)

$20 million in aid for California farmers

Written on 4 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Federal officials announced $20 million in aid for California farmers and ranchers affected by the intense drought. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the United States Department of Agriculture will make $20 million available for agricultural water conservation efforts throughout California... (Continue reading)

California chicken salmonella outbreak

Written on 10 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Three California plants that sell chicken to Ralphs and Food 4 Less are blamed for an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has sickened at least 278 people nationwide. [LATimes] The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday threatened to close three... (Continue reading)

USDA declares SLO County agriculture disaster area

Written on 8 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

The United States Department of Agriculture has declared San Luis Obispo County an agricultural disaster area due to a recent drought. On April 10, the USDA designated San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties as primary natural disaster areas because of... (Continue reading)