Gearing Up for Maple Season
Deep snow made preparations for the 2014 maple season more arduous that usual in many areas. But many sugarmakers have managed to get in all their taps, ready for the break in the weather to get the…
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State Ag Departments Meet with FDA on FSMA
Top FDA food safety officials met with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) at the annual policy meeting earlier this month. The FDA team explained how they are…
At Last a Farm Bill
The gestation period for the 2014 Farm Bill was more than two full years. This bill has a lot of moving parts. At the signing ceremony held at Michigan State University, President Obama compared the…
Local Food Opportunities Keep Growing
A couple of weeks ago signs posted in the egg case at the Shaw’s supermarket in Stratham said that due to a shortage of organic and cage-free eggs, supplies might be limited. There were zero…
UNH COLSA News and Farm & Forest
UNH Dean of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture Jon Wraith has announced the appointment of Dr. Ted Howard to a newly created position as Interim Associate Dean of Faculty and Strategic…
The International Year of Family Farming
The United Nations has declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), with the aim of raising the profile of family farming and smallholder farming around the world. The UN intends to…
FDA to Farmers: “You spoke. We heard you.”
Just before Christmas, and nearly a full year after releasing the proposed rules for Produce Safety and Preventive Controls to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and…
Forevergreen School-to-Farm-Project
Loading the Christmas Trees for Troops into the double Fedex trailer at The Rocks Estate Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem is always an inspiring and photogenic event. This year 450 trees were…