farmers markets

In 1992, winegrape growers in San Joaquin County embraced a holistic farming approach as they created the Lodi Rules Sustainable Winegrowing Program.

America’s beef exports remained on a red-hot pace in June, topping $1 billion for the fifth time this year. Over 50% of the U.S. was in at least some level of drought for the fourth-straight week.

For the last day of the market you'll find a Halloween celebration complete with live music and a costume contest.

Calling their findings “surprising,” analysts say they estimate overall U.S. consumption of fresh vegetables increased slightly in 2020.

Certified farmers’ markets are now defined as an essential service for distribution of food supplies. Many of the markets were temporarily closed, have now reopened.

Farmers and analysts alike expected milk prices to suffer from COVID-19, but what started as a price drop estimate of 6% has quickly become much darker.

This weekend the farmers market season begins once again in downtown Yakima. Only this year, there's a new sheriff in fruit & veggie town.

Monsanto reported net sales down ten percent and profited 42 percent lower in 2016. Meanwhile, Cargill reported higher sales and earnings attributing the Animal Nutrition and Protein Division for higher earnings. A USDA news release says running larger operations and selling directly to consumers through things like roadside stands and farmers’ markets may actually help beginning farmers stay in b

Secretary Vilsack announced Tuesday more than 66.5-million dollars in funding for research and extension activities for specialty crops and organic agriculture through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative and Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative...

Congress broke for the August recess last week leaving the Fiscal Year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill on the table which funds the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.