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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
David Grahn has returned to the Farm Credit Administration as the new general counsel and the Senate has confirmed Anna Gomez 55-43 to serve as the fifth commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission.
Laura Himes has moved up to vice president of sourcing—fresh at Walmart Inc. She began working for Walmart in 2013 and most recently was the director for produce merchandising.
Heidi Kühn, the founder and CEO of the humanitarian nonprofit Roots for Peace, has been selected as this year's World Food Prize laureate for her work in turning war-torn land into farmland.
Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Eric Guerra, V. Manuel Perez, Bill Quirk, and Susan Shaheen to the California Air Resources Board and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh has announced she will step down from USDA's No. 2 position.
Mark Munger has been hired as the senior director of marketing for Ocean Mist Farms and Ken Melban has been elevated to vice president of industry affairs and operations at the California Avocado Commission.
The Consumer Brands Association has picked David Chavern to serve as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer, while Jacqlyn Schneider is a new partner at FGS Global’s food and agriculture practice.
NASA scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig, a renowned climatologist and an agronomist who founded a global project for modeling the impact of climate change on the food supply, was announced Thursday as the 2022 World Food Prize laureate.