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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
DWR is sponsoring a bill to fix Gov. Newsom’s executive order on protect drinking water wells and has teamed up with one of the Capitol’s most aggressive lawmakers for reforming state water laws.
Tribes are pushing for more status in water laws to better protect cultural practices. Irrigation districts claim the real intention is to block a set of voluntary agreements for river flows.
Aubrey Bettencourt is the new global director of government relations and external affairs at Netafim, Orbia's precision agriculture business group. Aubrey will direct Netafim’s advocacy strategy as well lead government relations and efforts to develop strategic partnerships. She had been president and CEO of the Almond Alliance of California since 2021.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson works to build the case this week for a farm bill that so far lacks any Democratic support ahead of the panel’s scheduled votes May 23.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced a long-awaited final rule imposing requirements on farmers for ensuring that agricultural water doesn't contaminate produce with dangerous pathogens.
Asm. Arambula is pushing to open housing year-round for migrant farmworkers. But some workers said that money could be better spent on workforce development programs.
California farm organizations are divided over a new bill that is proposing to loosen the penalties for ending Williamson Act conservation easements to streamline the deployment of large-scale solar development on retired farmland.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has $1.3 million to spend in California as part of initiatives to conserve sage grouse and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
Bob Lanter has been appointed president of the Fresh Produce and Floral Council and several other leaders and government officials in the food and agriculture space are changing jobs.
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