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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
The International Food Information Council has appointed Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak as the new CEO and Superfresh Growers has selected Conner O’Malley to succeed Tim Lane as president.
Former Almond Alliance President Elaine Trevino withdrew from consideration to be the top ag negotiator at USTR but is still expected to work in the Biden administration.
The Grower-Shipper Association has created a new task force to help support farmers as they battle Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus or INSV and Cassandra Pye has been asked to sit on the Public Policy Institute of California’s board of directors.
Californians identified water supply and drought as their top environmental concern in a recent survey, and the number of respondents who said they believe climate change is contributing to drought increased.
Polling shows the fight over Prop. 15 on the November ballot to be a tight race, offering hope for the coalition of farm groups that has been among the earliest opponents of the ballot measure on property taxes.
The Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision allowing the continued use of chlorpyrifos has emboldened critics of the California Environmental Protection Agency's May proposal to cancel the insecticide's registration.