Tag: arizona
FDA-led partnership to continue Desert Food Safety Coalition
- General News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration updated its website to share initial findings from a multi-year environmental study within the Southwest growing region conducted in partnership with the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, and in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Agriculture and members of the leafy greens industry.
Arizona leafy greens season begins
- General News
Arizona governor Katie Hobbs has proclaimed November 2023 as Arizona Leafy Greens Month, marking the start of this year's lettuce season
Cold snap hits CA-AZ desert region
- General News
After two weeks of favorable weather, a cold trough sweeping through the Arizona/California desert region will bring cold winds with gusts up to 40 mph today.
Full-scale cutoff of water to farms in central Arizona
- General News
The brunt of the impact of the southwestern water shortage will be borne by agriculture rather than the general public, who are more likely to feel the burden in terms of higher prices and seasonal shortages for some fruits and vegetables.
Arizona ag hit hard by water cuts
- Analysis
The savage drought experienced in the western U.S. has long been foreseen, although until extremely recently it has been managed with a long-term strategy of wishing and hoping.
A water tale of two states
- Analysis
They’re right next to each other, and despite wild differences, they have one thing in common: water worries. They’re known as California and Arizona. Both are subject to what has been called the biggest drought in 1200 years.