UC Davis and The Davis Farmers Market are Joining Forces
 UC Davis and the Davis Farmers Market are joining forces to provide local produce to college students as an alternative to the typical fast-food fare that fuels this demographic. The Department of Agriculture's Farmers Market Promotion Program awarded a $41,000 grant to the Davis Farmers Market to create a market on the UC Davis campus every Wednesday, with approximately ten area farmers participating. Ramen noodle suppliers everywhere are watching this trend with anxiety!
Read more about the project at
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/news/0609cpr.htm
Who Owns The Word "Sweet"?
 The world of onion production just got a little more dramatic. The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that Vidalia onion growers are allowed to add extra labels to their onions to certify their sweetness, as determined by the National Onion Lab. According to 1986 legislation, any onions sold as Vidalia must be produced in one of the twenty Georgia counties in which soil conditions are supposedly responsible for the legendary sweetness of this variety. The National Onion Lab has now made a testing service available that rates onions on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the sweetest. Customers can now be assured of the sweetness of their onions, but is "sweet" now off-limits to those who don't want to send their product to the Onion Lab? This writer simply wants to know how one would go about getting a job at the Onion Lab, because then her parents would be forced to explain their daughter's employment to a chorus of giggles.
For more details, see
http://www.producenews.com/storydetail.cfm?ID=6451
Radish Night
 For those in need of a new holiday tradition, join the residents of Oaxaca in their December 23rd celebration of La Noche de Rabanos (Night of the Radishes), when the town center becomes a stage for elaborately carved radish sculptures representing religious and cultural scenes. The event has its origins in the centuries-old tradition of the Christmas-vigil farmers market, for which vendors began creating the imaginative displays to attract customers. It's not too early to mark your 2007 calendar, and it certainly will take quite a few rashishes and a lot of practice!
For more photos visit http://www.si-oaxaca.com/noche_de_rabanos%202005.htm
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