-June 1,2021-
Visalia’s Downtown A&W to become Doc’s Chicken
Teen and Papa burgers are out but chicken will be in when the new owner of the Downtown A&W property reopens the place in the next few months.Nasser Yehya who owns Doc’s Drive-In on Main St has purchased the long time hamburger stand at 301 Willis and plans to put in a drive thru to make it easer for customers.
The Van Horn family closed the landmark And W in the past few weeks with Craig Van Horn remembering that his dad purchased the place when her was just 8 year old in 1967. The eatery was a gathering spot for Visalia Cruise Night display of classic cars and also featured old fashioned car hop service.But Van Horn says in recent years sales were heading in the wrong direction.
Ironically the deal was made at the last Cruise Night event attended by the buyer.
Meanwhile,Mr Yehya’s Docs eateries are on the grow after his relocation from Acequia a few years ago to Main Street.Now He is working on a plan to establish new Dos’s restaurant in at the former AAA building on Mooney at Burrell.
Switching the menu from the staples at A&W will take a advantage of the popularity of chicken.USDA says per capita consumption of chicken has gone from 28 lbs in 1960 to near 100 lbs as of 2021-a 4X increase.
Seaweed cuts cattle methane burps
A small amount of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef cattle as much as 82 percent, according to new findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas.
“We now have sound evidence that seaweed in cattle diet is effective at reducing greenhouse gases and that the efficacy does not diminish over time,” said Ermias Kebreab, professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair of the Department of Animal Science and director of the World Food Center. Kebreab conducted the study along with his Ph.D. graduate student Breanna Roque.
“This could help farmers sustainably produce the beef and dairy products we need to feed the world,” Roque added.
Over the course of five months last summer, Kebreab and Roque added scant amounts of seaweed to the diet of 21 beef cattle and tracked their weight gain and methane emissions. Cattle that consumed doses of about 80 grams (3 ounces) of seaweed gained as much weight as their herd mates while burping out 82 percent less methane into the atmosphere. Kebreab and Roque are building on their earlier work with dairy cattle, which was the world’s first experiment reported that used seaweed in cattle.
Story reported by California Ag Network.
Visalia building permits up 44% in 2021
The value of all permits in Visalia so far in 2021 is up 44% from the same 4 months a year ago.City records show permit values in excess of $88 million last year compared to $127 million so far in 2021. The number of new home permits is up 11%,multi-family units number 106 so far this year vs just 6 units this time last year. New commercial projects number 19 this year compared to 11 this time a year ago. New commercial permits value is $38 million so far this year vs $25 million in 2020.
Amazon posts soaring sales
Few companies have benefited from the pandemic-fueled surge of online shopping as much as Amazon. Its first-quarter results showed the company’s business continues to be buoyed by the pandemic, with sales soaring 44% year over year to $108.5 billion.-WSJ