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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
With a focus on bringing the latest designs, innovations and technology to small farms, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers has announced its second Small Farm Innovation Challenge.
Western Growers will honor Carol Chandler with the 2021 award of honor and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has tapped Ted McKinney to be the organization’s new CEO.
Commitments to eradicate hunger and address climate change will receive a lot of attention at the United Nations Food Systems Summit Thursday, but new reports released in advance of the event demonstrate the steep challenges faced by the world’s nations.
Democrats’ massive Build Back Better bill not only protects stepped-up basis, it also includes a long-sought change in an estate-tax provision that could have far-reaching benefits for many farms.
Researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, are conducting experiments on plant root systems to develop crops they say will be able to sequester carbon.
Western Growers is teaming up with S2G, a multi-stage venture fund investing in the agriculture market, to host the AgSharks Competition that will see startup companies going head-to-head to win a $250,000 minimum investment.
A coalition of environmental, sportfishing, farm and water groups are calling for Congress to add more infrastructure spending for water, forestry and ecosystem restoration.
The Imperial Irrigation District and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California have settled a legal conflict over emergency drought plans for Colorado River allocations.