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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
A Cal/OSHA board has denied two petitions and several requests for an advisory committee to update a 70s-era labor code that bars the use of autonomous tractors.
Lawmaker have filed the most in more than a decade, raising the potential for the Legislature to deliver new challenges for farmers already dealing with water shortages, high taxes and exorbitant labor costs.
CalEPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld has said “several times” that he would like to see 75% of the farms in California transition to organic practices by 2050.