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The Legislature is advancing bills to ensure environmental justice has a seat at the state water board and that the agency is better prepared for drought.

State lawmakers claim local air districts are moving too slowly and need more state oversight to pressure the agencies into meeting federal standards.

Two environmental groups sued the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Tuesday over its program allowing insecticide spraying on millions of acres in 17 western states.

The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative is making $200,000 in funding grants available to non-profit organizations for community-based projects that can help educate individuals about the safe use of pesticides.

The Giant Co. named Jennifer Heinzen Krueger as its vice president of team experience effective Monday. Krueger replaces Jenny Martin, The Sugar Associations Matt Lutcavage, who is pursuing a new opportunity.

Ballooning cost estimates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are likely to paint a bigger target on the farm bill’s nutrition title heading when lawmakers start drafting the bill in the next Congress.

A months-long outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza is adding to the shock waves roiling grocery prices, but different food items are experiencing disparate impacts.

The Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture unveiled projects it says will contribute to the management and recovery needed after prolonged wildfire seasons in recent years.

The Biden administration plans to spend more than $2 billion on a strategy for making targeted improvements in nearly every aspect of food production and distribution, with an emphasis on assisting small and mid-size operations.

USDA will use another $400 million from the Commodity Credit Corp. to address the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has now been found in 35 states, affecting nearly 38 million birds.