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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
In this opinion piece, Rachel Quin, founder and managing partner of 3P Partners, highlights how legislative changes and the regulatory environment influence the future of the almond industry and related hiring.
Overall, American agricultural exports have recovered from the trade war with China that began five years ago, but many specialty crops still suffer from Chinese retaliatory tariffs.
The Pollinator Habitat Program, an initiative of the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation, has awarded grants to 10 organizations.
Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Virginia Jameson as the Deputy Secretary for Climate and Working Lands at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Alice Busching Reynolds as the next president of the California Public Utilities Commission.
A bill in the Assembly that would encourage farmers to provide forage and habitat for pollinators through incentives grants is facing a key vote in the Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
California’s biggest farm advocates have joined with environmental interests and the Newsom administration to scale up on-farm conservation efforts for pollinators.
Western Growers CEO Dave Puglia, California Fresh Fruit Association trade director Caroline Stringer and others have joined the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.
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