Articles Tagged with ''Ag Order 4.0''

A fresh slate of bills filed last week in the California Capitol is setting the table for policy fights ahead, from boosting the minimum wage for farmworkers to enacting limits on fertilizer applications and banning “unsafe additives.”

A controversial water quality regulation is levying a disproportionate burden on California’s smallest growers, who are often low-income and non-English speakers, according to advocates. Yet, others push for an even faster adoption timeline.

The president of Driscoll’s of the Americas said a new nitrate regulation in the Salinas Valley will be harder for organic producers to meet than for conventional farmers.

Farmers worry that a regulation requiring vegetative buffers along waterways could create habitat for invasive pests as well as fuel for wildfires.

An ambitious water quality regulation known as Agricultural Order 4.0 sits on shaky legal ground, according to agricultural groups contesting the draft order.