http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/19467/feed The Farm Press Daily Blog en http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/chinas-food-safety-giant-scam <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/chinas-food-safety-giant-scam" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/hogs-5-nrcs-jeff-vanuga.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> China's new era of food safety is taking a severe beating from dead hog flotillas, rat steaks, and toxic chicken feet. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/chinas-food-safety-giant-scam" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/chinas-food-safety-giant-scam#comments Government Grapes Rice Government Farm Press Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000 128302 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/cliff-young-farmer-who-outran-field <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/cliff-young-farmer-who-outran-field" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/cliff-young-marathon.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> When unknown 61-year-old farmer Cliff Young shuffled off his farmland and destroyed 10 professional runners in a 544-mile race — a legend was born. The ordinary gave birth to the extraordinary as Young beat the field by 10 hours. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/cliff-young-farmer-who-outran-field" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/cliff-young-farmer-who-outran-field#comments Management Crops Livestock Farm Press Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 130162 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/new-hired-hand-western-farm-press There is great news from the Western Farm Press news desk. Todd Fitchette, a native Californian with a heaping helping of experience in California journalism over several decades, has joined the WFP staff as associate editor. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/new-hired-hand-western-farm-press" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/new-hired-hand-western-farm-press#comments Miscellaneous Farm Press Blog Sun, 19 May 2013 18:46:00 +0000 130342 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/supreme-court-stuffs-seed-patents-back-pandora-s-box <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/supreme-court-stuffs-seed-patents-back-pandora-s-box" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/soybean-sprout.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> The High Court squeezed seed patents back into Pandora’s box, but more cases will come. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/supreme-court-stuffs-seed-patents-back-pandora-s-box" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/supreme-court-stuffs-seed-patents-back-pandora-s-box#comments Government Government Agrochemicals Farm Press Blog Tue, 14 May 2013 11:46:00 +0000 129202 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/wine-skeptic-takes-climate-change-report <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/wine-skeptic-takes-climate-change-report" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/early-season-thompson-seedless-grapes-2.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> Welcome to the great wine scare of 2013. It's adios to California's premium wines and adieu to Bordeaux. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/wine-skeptic-takes-climate-change-report" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/wine-skeptic-takes-climate-change-report#comments Grapes Grapes Farm Press Blog Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 128842 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/more-words-food-labels-sake-fear-or-fact Organic agriculture has started another push to label food products containing GMOs. Maybe organic foods should be held to a higher standard as well. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/more-words-food-labels-sake-fear-or-fact" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/more-words-food-labels-sake-fear-or-fact#comments Government Government Farm Press Blog Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 129142 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/one-bite-or-bullet-death-hitlers-food-taster <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/one-bite-or-bullet-death-hitlers-food-taster" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/nazi-flag.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> For two and a half years, Margot Wolk was Adolf Hitler’s food taster — forced daily to play roulette and risk her life to protect his. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/one-bite-or-bullet-death-hitlers-food-taster" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/one-bite-or-bullet-death-hitlers-food-taster#comments Government Management Crops Government Farm Press Blog Wed, 08 May 2013 18:49:00 +0000 127282 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/new-gm-crop-wave-may-ease-frankenfood-fright <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/new-gm-crop-wave-may-ease-frankenfood-fright" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/corn-flowers-5.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> A new wave of grocery aisle GM crops with clear-cut benefits to consumers may succeed in diminishing the volume of rhetoric from the Frankenfood cult. <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/new-gm-crop-wave-may-ease-frankenfood-fright" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/new-gm-crop-wave-may-ease-frankenfood-fright#comments Government Government Biotech Seed/Transgenic Seed Farm Press Blog Tue, 07 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000 127722 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/no-till-pollution-claims-hard-understand The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is taking no-till to task, claiming that the practice is linked to increased waterway pollution <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/no-till-pollution-claims-hard-understand" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/no-till-pollution-claims-hard-understand#comments Irrigation Farm Press Blog Tue, 07 May 2013 01:49:00 +0000 128322 at http://westernfarmpress.com http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/labor-organic-farm-harmony-or-harm <div class="field-image-promo"> <a href="/blog/labor-organic-farm-harmony-or-harm" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop imagecache-linked imagecache-med_crop_linked"><img alt="" src="http://westernfarmpress.com/site-files/westernfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/med_crop/uploads/2013/05/veggies-epa.jpg" title="" height="200" width="355" class="imagecache imagecache-med_crop" /></a> </div> Patrons of organic production stress the importance of environmentalism and animal rights in agricultural practices. But are they as concerned about human rights? <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="og_links first last"><a href="/blog/farm-press-blog">Farm Press Blog</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/labor-organic-farm-harmony-or-harm" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/labor-organic-farm-harmony-or-harm#comments Management Organic Farming Farm Press Blog Mon, 06 May 2013 12:10:00 +0000 128102 at http://westernfarmpress.com