Groups back Florez on ag safety regulation plan BY VIC POLLARD, Californian Sacramento Bureaue-mail: vpollard@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, Feb 28 2007 10:35 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, Feb 28 2007 10:37 PM SACRAMENTO — A consumer group and two labor unions

Gov.’s stance an obstacle for spinach safety bills By Marla Cone, Times Staff WriterMarch 1, 2007 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has put a damper on hopes for legislation to protect consumers from lethal bacterial contamination of California-grown lettuce and spinach,

Farming industry, lawmakers at odds over food safety By Edwin Garcia MediaNews Sacramento Bureau After months of debate and two days of legislative hearings that concluded Wednesday, state lawmakers, bureaucrats and farmers remain at odds over the best way

Article published Mar 1, 2007Unions want sway in food qualityLegislature looking to prevent E. coli contaminationsBy Jake Henshaw Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO — Farmworkers, consumer advocates and legislators called on state officials and the leafy green industry Wednesday to diversify

Remarks by Marc Grossman for theUnited Farm Workers of AmericaBefore the Senate Select Committee on Food-borne IllnessFebruary 28, 2007—state Capitol, Sacramento Mr. Chairman, members. Marc Grossman for the United Farm Workers of America. The UFW joins in close collaboration

Lawmakers push for more action on food safety BY VIC POLLARD , Californian Sacramento Bureaue-mail: vpollard@bakersfield.com | Tuesday, Feb 27 2007 10:10 PM Last Updated: Tuesday, Feb 27 2007 10:16 PM SACRAMENTO — Feeling heat from constituents about repeated

Article published Feb 28, 2007Spinach tainted in San BenitoGrower identified, California health officials sayBy JAKE HENSHAW The Salinas Californian Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – Fresh spinach in the nationwide E. coli outbreak this past fall became contaminated on a roughly

Food Donation to Aid Hundreds of Delano & Cutler Area Farm Workers Affected by Citrus Freeze UFW Foundation volunteers will be giving out non-perishable food items to hundreds of Delano and Cutler area farm workers and their families affected

Recall Item of the Week: Cantaloupes First it was spinach, then Taco Bell lettuce, then last week peanut butter, quickly followed by the chicken breast strips. Now the spotlight has shown its disapproving face on cantaloupes that were shipped

  http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6135605 Another food product pulled from store shelves Feb 23, 2007 08:41 PM PST Another food product pulled from store shelves CORPUS CHRISTI – Another popular food item is now the focus of the nationwide recall. Once again there’s

America’s farm workers still toil in fields of danger By E. G. Vallianatos Originally published February 22, 2007 The tale is familiar by now, but that makes it no less horrifying: Migrant men and women, most of them from

 http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/101246.html  DJs coming to you from box in Valley Plaza lot DJs live in shed for week to assist freeze food drive BY LOUIS MEDINA, Californian staff writere-mail: lmedina@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, Feb 21 2007 9:55 PM Last Updated: Wednesday,

Governor OKs more food bank funds for citrus freeze victims Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Printable Version Email This Article (02-21) 21:47 PST SACRAMENTO, (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday authorized an additional $438,000 to help food banks feed

UFW aids farmworkers Families grateful for group’s food giveaway BY STACEY SHEPARD, Californian staff writere-mail: sshepard@bakersfield.com | Saturday, Feb 17 2007 10:45 PM Last Updated: Saturday, Feb 17 2007 10:50 PM By the time the United Farm Workers food

Hundreds of farm workers and their families affected by freeze to benefit Food Donation to Aid Citrus Freeze Farm Workers What:   UFW Foundation volunteers will be giving out non-perishable food items to hundreds of farm workers and their families

Statement by Diana Tellefson, Executive Director, UFW FoundationRe: Governor Schwarzenegger Appropriating $100,000 to UFW Foundation for Outreach ServicesFebruary 13, 2007 The UFW Foundation strongly supports Governor’s recent funding announcements showing his support to farm workers and their families. The

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=4326 State finds $85 Million for freeze relief SACRAMENTO February 13, 2007 1:40pm •  Redirects existing block grants •  ‘All levels of government must be partners’ State officials say up to $85 million already set aside for Community Development

Governor wants emergency farmworker housing for freeze victims GARANCE BURKE Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Tuesday for farmworker housing centers to be used as emergency homeless shelters for those affected by January’s cold snap that

 http://myopr.com/articles/2007/02/12/news/local_state/news1.txt ‘Just the beginning’ By Esther Avila, for the Porterville Recorder By noon Saturday, hundreds of farmworkers, many with plastic ponchos or umbrellas, lined the side of the Comision Honorifica Mexicana Americana building waiting for their turn to receive

http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2007/02/10/news/local_state/news1.txt  Help on the way By Aaron Burgin, The Porterville Recorder For farmworkers nationwide, the United Farmworkers Foundation has been a symbol of hope in times of crisis. On the eve of a major union-sponsored food distribution at the

Schwarzenegger Approves $1.75M for Rent, Mortgage Payments   SACRAMENTO, February 9, 2007 – Governor Schwarzenegger has authorized $1.75 million in emergency funding to help people affected by last month’s freeze pay their rent, mortgage and utility bills. Also on

Two Truckloads Arrive from Los Angeles for Saturday Distribution in PortervilleFood Donation to Aid Citrus Freeze Farm Workers  What:   UFW Foundation volunteers will be giving $30,000 worth of non-perishable food items to farm workers and their families affected by