Roberto Rodrigues was Brazil’s minister of agriculture from 2003 through 2006, and he’s recognized as one of that country’s leading authorities on agriculture. Like his father and grandfather, he is an agricultural ...
Tags: intensification, family farms, market forces
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finally identified some of the retailers who sold some of the 9 million pounds of beef recalled in California by Rancho Feeding Corporation late last week. Missing from the list are any retailers in ...
Tags: USDA, Retailers, Beef Recall, Food Safety
Thomas Canning is set to build a fruit and vegetable processing facility in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, in line with its efforts to expand its presence in the country and overseas. In support of the project, the company will receive ...
Victoria University has a big act to follow. At last year’s IAPRI World Packaging Conference, a record 170 delegates from 24 countries were represented. There were 93 presentations for the oral and poster categories, produced by some ...
Tags: environmental performance of packaging, packaging ecodesign tool
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) are developing quality control systems for unprocessed and processed food items using infrared technology. Funded by an Australian Research Council grant, the project is aimed ...
Tags: Infrared Technology, Food Quality
British Standards are the standards produced by BSI Group which is incorporated under a Royal Charter (and which is formally designated as the National Standards Body(NSB) for the UK). The BSI Group produces British Standards under the ...
Tags: British Standards, BS, certification
Santa Maria Foods Corporation, a Rexdale, Ontario, Canada establishment, is recalling approximately 8,895 pounds of various meat products, because they were imported without the benefit of full USDA inspection, the U.S. Department of ...
Tags: Meat Products, Santa Maria Foods
The Canadian Poultry Research Council (CPRC) has received $4m funding from the Harper Government for a Poultry Science Cluster. The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will provide the funding as part of the AgriInnovation Program (AIP), ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has?reached a settlement with?the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Center for Environmental Health?regarding the deadlines for publishing final rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The first thorough comparison of evidence for natural gas system leaks confirms that organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have underestimated U.S. methane emissions generally, as well as those from the natural ...
Tags: Natural Gas
US-based United Natural Foods (UNFI) is set to establish a new distribution center in Prescott, Wisconsin, with an investment of $37.8m. Located in Eagle Ridge Business Park, the 300,000ft2 center will be the company's second distribution ...
Tags: United Natural Foods, Agriculture
The government of Russia’s Dagestan Republic, one of 83 federal subjects of Russia, is planning to implement an investment project for growing cotton in the region as well as for processing cotton. According to a statement issued ...
Tags: Growing Cotton, Textile
An all-new swine educational event is being held for Iowa youth later this month in Ames. It's the Iowa Pork Producers Association's Cyclone Swine Spectacular and it's being paired with the Iowa State University Block and Bridle Club's ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Dairy farmers have a new opportunity to protect their farm income with dairy margin insurance. The dairy safety net in the new farm bill takes a new approach. Margin insurance, and the nuts-and-bolts decisions to be made, will be ...
Tags: Dairy, Agriculture, Food
Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Organic Dairy