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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has a decidedly mixed record when it comes to agriculture in her home state of California, the nation’s No. 1 state by far in agricultural production.
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.
Animal rights activists are trying to make Sonoma County, California, which is legendary the world over for its wine, the first county in the nation to ban concentrated animal feeding operations by a public vote.
The California Bountiful Foundation, a wing of the California Farm Bureau Federation, is accepting enrollment in the new Expanding Our Roots: Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Mentorship Program.
Spain's highly subsidized olives will be facing stiff antidumping duties after a World Trade Organization ruling favorable to U.S. growers allowed the Commerce Department to confirm the tariffs.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends a message about the political significance of ag policy, sitting through the entirety of a House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session in California and also fielding questions from reporters on a range of issues.
“Not that I’m aware of.” House Agriculture Chairman David Scott says that answer from Tim Schellpeper, the CEO of meatpacking giant JBS USA, at a hearing in April is enough to justify setting up a special investigator’s office at USDA to look into meat industry practices.
AmericanHort has brought on Sara Neagu-Reed as director of advocacy and government affairs and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has selected a new executive director.
The California Farm Bureau Federation plans to host a rally outside of the California state Capitol on 11 a.m. Thursday in opposition of Assembly Bill 616, a measure that will change the current process for farmworker union elections.
