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National Association of Conservation Districts CEO Jeremy Peters is resigning, effective September 30. Mark LeValley is the new president of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Joshua Lepper to a labor seat and Cassie Hilaski to a management seat on the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards board.

Federal health officials have identified iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants as the source of a cyclospora outbreak that has landed nearly 100 people in the hospital in five states.

Wine industry leaders have embraced legislation introduced by Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., that could lead to increased tariffs on Canadian goods if provincial restrictions against American alcoholic beverages aren’t lifted.