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California Plant Recalls Nearly 9 Million Lbs. Of Beef
2014-02-10 22:17:00| Beef
Beef Producer Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma, CA, has recalled 8.7 million lbs. of beef because it processed "diseased and unsound animals" and carried out these activities "without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection," USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Saturday. read more
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California firm withdraws improperly inspected meat products
2014-02-10 12:34:00| Food Processing Technology
Rancho Feeding, a meat company based in Petaluma, California, is withdrawing nearly nine million pounds of meat products, as they were processed from diseased and unsound animals without a full federal inspection.
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Pacific storm eases California drought, but state has long way to go
2014-02-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The most powerful winter storm to hit California in more than a year dumped several feet of snow in the high Sierras and soaked lower elevations with rain over the weekend, easing drought conditions but leaving the state thirsting for more, officials said on Monday. The Pacific storm doubled the moisture content of the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, a key gauge of the state's principal source of surface water, said Dave Rizzardo, the chief of snow surveys for the state Department...
Is It Enough Rain For Drought-Stricken California?
2014-02-09 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: California, which has been experiencing its worst drought on record, is welcoming some heavy rainfall this weekend, if it signals a wholesale quenching of dried up streams and farm fields. says: "Until Saturday, the San Francisco Bay Area had gotten only 3 inches of rain this season; it normally would have received 14.5 inches of rain at this point. But rain was falling at the rate of a half-inch per hour Saturday in some parts of the area 4 inches in Sonoma County and as much as 3 inches...
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California drought a 'train wreck' for Central Valley farms
2014-02-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chronicle: California's great Central Valley aquifer and the rivers that feed it, already losing water in the changing climate, are now being drained because of the drought, leaving water levels at their lowest in nearly a decade. Water experts say many farmers who depend on the huge water source beneath the valley for irrigation will have to resort to pumping water from ever deeper levels at greater costs, even as they plant crops on fewer and fewer acres as more of their land is gobbled up for development....
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