Global One Health Symposium: Solving Transboundary Diseases
WIFSS continues to deliver trainings in multiple locations across the country. During the month classes were delivered in Laredo, TX, Ottawa, IL, and Jackson, OH.
WIFSS Delivers Training Across the U.S.
WIFSS continues to deliver trainings in multiple locations across the country. During the month classes were delivered in Laredo, TX, Ottawa, IL, and Jackson, OH.
WIFSS Delivers Training Across the U.S.
WIFSS continues to deliver trainings in multiple locations across the country. During the month classes were delivered in Laredo, TX, Ottawa, IL, and Jackson, OH.
Innovating Dairy Digester Research
Dr. Pramod Pandey who is a faculty member and cooperative extension specialist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine focuses on better ways to manage dairy waste material for both large and small farms. WIFSS worked with Dr. Pandey to produce a video highlighting his research on dairy digesters and bio-gas.
Livestock and Fresh Produce Farmers Discuss Food Safety
Livestock ranches and fresh produce farms in California are among the most highly regulated commodities in the country, but confusion often exists about what each community does to assure food safety. Good neighbor workshops brought farmers, scientists and regulators together to strengthen produce safety.
Breeding Crops for Enhanced Food Safety
June 5 kicked off a two-day conference where experts in various fields from plant science to microbiology detailed the research being done in eradicating the occurrence of human pathogens in crop production through breeding.
Owners of Goat Farm Highlight Role of Disaster Recovery
The recent flooding in Nebraska left owners John Carrol and Chad Wegener rushing to save the livestock on their 40-acre goat farm.
Take Survey to Assess Food Defense Needs
WIFSS is assessing the readiness and needs of the California specialty crop food processing industry.
Rallying to Rescue San Clemente Island Goats in Midwest Flood
Hours logged instructing first responders has confirmed for Tracey Stevens the practical application of implementing emergency preparedness training. Her standard classroom opening remark now takes on a deeply personal meaning, “Mother Nature never sleeps.”
Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Courses
WIFSS is serving the needs of the farming community by helping meet FSMA training requirements and is offering a series of 20 Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Courses on behalf of the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA). The training courses run through June 2019 and are offered in English and Spanish.