Just a few months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. As of April 17, 2020, the virus had spread to 185 countries, infecting more than 2.2 million people worldwide. By the time you read this, those numbers will have increased even more. SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has disrupted ...
Western Growers invites you to join a webinar discussion to review proposed changes to the LGMA-approved guidelines. This webinar is being held on May 22 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT and is part 2 of the LGMA Guidelines Discussion: Agricultural Water webinar that occurred on May 14. Tomorrow’s webinar will offer an opportunity ...
Today, FDA released the findings of its investigation into the contamination of romaine lettuce implicated in three outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 during the fall of 2019. These outbreaks, which were traced back to the Salinas Valley growing region in California, began in September and ended in December 2019, collectively resulting in 188 illnesses. These findings underscore ...
Western Growers invites you to join the next webinar discussion to review proposed changes to the LGMA-approved guidelines. This webinar is being held on June 4 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT and is part 3 of the LGMA Guidelines Discussion: Agricultural Water webinar series. This webinar will offer an opportunity to review proposed changes to ...
On Monday, May 18, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host the next call in a series of weekly private sector calls for updates on the COVID-19 response. As previously stated in Spotlight, the CDC is now conducting private sector calls detailing what the CDC knows and what it is doing in response ...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is hosting a stakeholder workshop on the development of a soil organic carbon map for California. They are looking for stakeholders to provide early feedback as the map develops. This map will serve as an indicator of soil health as California takes steps to sequester carbon in ...
On Monday, May 11, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host the next call in a series of weekly private sector calls for updates on the COVID-19 response. As previously stated in Spotlight, the CDC is now conducting private sector calls detailing what the CDC knows and what it is doing in response ...
Western Growers is hosting a webinar discussion to discuss proposed changes to the LGMA-approved guidelines and solicit feedback. This webinar, on May 14 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT, will offer an opportunity to discuss proposed changes to the LGMA-approved metrics related to agricultural water Western Growers received 6 proposals addressing proposed changes to ...
Western Growers is hosting the last webinar in the WGS series titled “Whole Genome Sequencing in the Industry: Metagenomics and Beyond,” on May 28, 2020. This presentation will bring expertise in novel new applications of next-generation sequencing beyond whole genome sequencing, such as metagenomics. Pablo Carrion, Senior Research Quality Scientist at Nestle, will share how Nestle…