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Still no answer in tomato scare
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday as new clues emerged to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people. Full story »
Tomato industry in a pickle
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The tomato industry is expected to suffer bigger losses in the ongoing salmonella outbreak than the spinach industry did in the 2006 E. coli panic, Tom Nassif, president and chief executive of the Western Growers Association, said Tuesday.
Spinach growers lost $75 million to $100 million because of the E. coli scare, but tomatoes are much more widely consumed, Nassif said.
"The spinach market has never recovered to where it was," he added. Full story »
Spinach growers lost $75 million to $100 million because of the E. coli scare, but tomatoes are much more widely consumed, Nassif said.
"The spinach market has never recovered to where it was," he added. Full story »
Tomato ban raises concerns
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
As tomatoes were yanked by grocery stores and fast-food restaurants nationwide Monday, California growers expressed concern. Full story »
Free-range ranchers starting to prosper in fast-food market
Sunday, June 1, 2008
It's been said that hot dogs — like laws — are something you never want to see being made. But Steve Elzer is glad to know what goes into the wieners he buys from a new hot dog stand near his office: 100 percent grass-fed beef raised in the sunny, wind-swept pastures of California's Central Coast. Full story »
As economy stumbles, gardeners turn to home-grown produce to cut corners
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
High prices at the pump and the produce aisle have sent home gardeners into their yards with a mission: Grow-it-yourself dining. Sales of vegetable seeds, tomato transplants and fruit trees are soaring as enterprising planters grow their own food. Full story »
Winemakers struggle with shift in climates
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Fruity merlot from Siberia? Not so fast, say vintners from Champagne to California. As global warming threatens to change the land vintners have relied on — sometimes for centuries — established wine growing regions around the world are deploying techniques old and new to adapt. Full story »
'Dry farming' for wine
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Vineyard manager Steve Thomas grasps the trunk of a zinfandel vine, a redwood of the vineyard, gnarled with age and planted in the days when irrigation meant a barrel of water on a horse-drawn cart. Full story »
Poor soil lowers world's production of food
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted in. As seeds get better, much of the world's soil is getting worse, and people are going hungry. Full story »
Burger King, farmworker group settle dispute over wages
Saturday, May 24, 2008
MIAMI — A farmworkers advocacy group and Burger King Corp. have agreed on a deal to help boost wages and improve conditions for Florida tomato pickers. Full story »
Some suspect food price gouging
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Forced to pay for once-free sandwich toppings and twice as much for some steak cuts, shoppers are wondering whether higher grocery bills and restaurant tabs truly reflect the trickle down of a global rise in food prices. Full story »
Lawmakers finish farm bill despite presidential veto threat
Friday, May 9, 2008
Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department's food and farm programs. Full story »
Spiraling food prices imperil nations already at the brink
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Ration cards. Genetically modified crops. The end of pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap supermarkets. Full story »
California cut flower growers to speak up in trade conflict with Latin America
Sunday, April 20, 2008
After more than 16 years of Latin American countries enjoying a leg up on them, California's cut flower growers say they have had enough. While sitting quietly on the sidelines, they have seen their market share plummet as foreign growers flourished through duty-free access to the United States. Full story »
Corn prices hit a record $6 a bushel and climbing
Friday, April 4, 2008
Corn prices jumped to a record $6 a bushel Thursday, driven up by an expected supply shortfall that will only add to Americans' growing grocery bill and further squeeze struggling ethanol producers. Full story »
Farmers putting fewer acres in corn
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
From chicken nuggets to corn flakes, food prices at grocery stores and dinner tables could be headed even higher as farmers cut back on the land they're planting in corn this spring. Full story »
