Items Tagged with 'Kapi Kapi Growers'

California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross will retire at the end of 2026. Todd Ferrara launched Ferrara Government Affairs, a new advocacy and consulting firm, in Sacramento. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a northern California Republican and fourth-generation rice farmer on the House Agriculture Committee, died. He was 65. Justin Benavidez, who was chief economist for the House Agriculture Committee's Republican staff for the past three years, is succeeding Seth Meyer as USDA chief economist.  

The California Fresh Fruit Association hired Clayton Smith as director of government relations. The Bureau of Land Management is moving California state office executive Joe Stout to the agency’s top career position in Washington. Longtime California Citrus Mutual president Joel Nelsen died unexpectedly July 1. 

The California Agricultural Leadership Foundation hired Anna Nicholson as alumni engagement and event manager. Gino Dicaro has departed from the Wine Institute to join the Golden State Water Company as public policy and government relations manager. John Harris, one of California agriculture’s most influential leaders, passed away on July 3. 

Hermosa Beach city council member Ray Jackson was appointed to the South Coast seat on the California Coastal Commission. Duane Simpson, vice president and head of North America public affairs, science and sustainability in Bayer's Crop Science Division, is succeeding Chuck Conner as president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

 Kapi Kapi Growers hired Marissa Geoffroy as director of supply chain. Jennifer Clever is now senior director of the Asia and Pacific Division in the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Trade Policy and Geographical Affairs.