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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
The rollout has been met with litigation, technology hurdles and the collapse of a high-profile deal, while niche industries like grain and feed providers feel unfairly targeted and will be impacted first.
A county judge is siding with environmentalists in an ongoing lawsuit over dedicating freshwater flows from the Kern River to protecting fish populations.
The unprecedented effort has faced steady blowback from environmental, sportfishing and tribal interests, while state agency staff have raised potential roadblocks to its success.
After mulling the decision all year, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to end a program that has incentivized thousands of operations to invest in on-farm solar generation.
The initiative launched a certification program in 2016 and is developing workforce development tools for tackling the ongoing labor shortage. Yet the not-for-profit organization covers just a sliver of the nation’s farms and it is still shaping its reputation.
United Farm Workers submitted ballot cards last week for the first union election under California’s controversial card check law. And it is already facing legal headwinds.
California’s high cost of living is hitting rural regions, where incomes have not kept pace, according to experts at a recent Assembly hearing on jobs and trade.