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fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
A San Diego County pet food company that specializes in raw food for cats is recalling its product because of the potential it may contain H5N1, also known as bird flu. Savage Pet of El Cajon is recalling 66 Large Chicken Boxes (84 ounces) and 74 Small Chicken Boxes (21 ounces) with the lot code/best by date of 11152026. The boxes contain frozen California certified organic chicken and were distributed to retailers in California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
READ MORE Expand All On Tuesday, the two defendants in one of Fresno’s biggest business scandals are expected to report to federal prison to serve their sentences for wire fraud and conspiring to commit wire fraud. Former co-CEOs Jake Soberal, 38, and Irma Olguin Jr., 43, pleaded guilty to bilking investors — from multinational investment banks to Valley farmers — out of nearly $115 million to try and keep their failing company, Bitwise Industries, afloat.
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1 month ago | 
modbee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Un programa innovador que pagaba a pequeños agricultores para que cultivaran productos muy necesarios para los bancos de alimentos de California está perdiendo su financiación federal como parte de los esfuerzos de la Administración Trump por recortar el gasto gubernamental. Lanzado en 2023, el Programa Granjas Unidas fue financiado por el Departamento de Agricultura de los EE. UU.
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1 month ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
By Robert Rodriguez, The Sacramento Bee A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after it gutted two programs aimed at providing produce to food banks and schools. The USDA slashed $2 billion from the budgets of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after it gutted two programs aimed at providing produce to food banks and schools. The USDA slashed $2 billion from the budgets of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
An innovative program that paid small farmers to grow much-needed produce for California food banks is losing its federal funding as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to slash government spending. Launched in 2023, the Farms Together Program was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and distributed throughout the state by the California Association of Family Farmers, the California Association of Food Banks and Fresh Approach.
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1 month ago | 
sacbee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
In the Spotlight is a Fresno Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. La ofensiva contra los trabajadores indocumentados en el centro de California atrapó a docenas de trabajadores de cítricos, infundiendo miedo en muchos de ellos, que tienen miedo de ser atrapados y deportados.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Far-reaching federal budget cuts have put a longstanding California grape breeding program in jeopardy after key members of the research team were among the thousands fired in the Trump Administration’s effort to downsize government. For more than a century, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service in Fresno County has produced some of the most popular table grape varieties in the nation, including the first red seedless grape in 1973.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Flying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through the blossoming trees, listening for the slightest rustling of what could be its next meal. With one-inch talons and a grip stronger than a human hand, the white-faced barn owl is as majestic as it is lethal to rodents. Davis, a farmer and entrepreneur, has developed a newfound respect for the winged assassins after installing an owl box on his Madera County almond ranch.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Generate Key TakeawaysFlying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through the blossoming trees, listening for the slightest rustling of what could be its next meal. With one-inch talons and a grip stronger than a human hand, the white-faced barn owl is as majestic as it is lethal to rodents. Davis, a farmer and entrepreneur, has developed a newfound respect for the winged assassins after installing an owl box on his Madera County almond ranch.
