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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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.
A progressive lawmaker is pushing to ban the herbicide paraquat to protect farmworkers and communities. But ag groups are refuting the claims and trying to rapidly educate lawmakers on the complex and robust regulatory process already in place.
If it looks like the Biden administration has been rushing out a lot of new regulations in recent days, there’s a good reason. The administration faces a deadline to ensure that new rules can’t be repealed under the Congressional Review Act in 2025.
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