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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, October 21, 2024
California Green New Deal mandates 100% organic ag * A health study on farmworkers is in the works * TJ Cox says farmworkers need childcare during COVID-19
Restaurant industry asks for delay in minimum wage hike * Efforts to update California’s food safety guidelines go online * Reclamation doubles water allocation for Friant
Conservation groups urge Newsom not to delay new regulations * DWR: No ‘appreciable change’ on water deliveries from new plan * COVID-19 aid uncertain for ag
Other advice for keeping farmworkers safe and healthy during coronavirus * USDA getting advice on how to spend $9.5 billion * USDA tightening disease surveillance
Newsom’s plan to counter Trump’s biological opinions just got a permit * Surge in fresh produce demand * State rejects Fresno fairgrounds for field hospital
Negotiations have been put on hold due to lawsuits and politics between the Trump and Newsom administrations – along with global economic uncertainty from the pandemic.
California to see fewest alfalfa acres since 1938 * Trump’s new water plan won’t help in a dry year * New bills address taxes on ag overtime, climate goals and pesticide training