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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, September 03, 2024
The vast majority of foods sampled for pesticides in the 2018 fiscal year contained residues within EPA tolerances, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released Tuesday.
The Western Fairs Association and California Fairs Alliance are pushing for emergency funding for fairgrounds in “any potential financial recovery or stimulus.”
Farm organizations pushed back in support of glyphosate as an environmentally-friendly product, but Attorney General Xavier Becerra is challenging a recent federal court decision barring Proposition 65 cancer warnings.
The ongoing debate over climate change is complicating the search for solutions over how to prevent massive wildfires that continue to ravage many rural areas across the west.
The industrial hemp industry’s “green rush,” which began in mid-2017, has cooled, at least for those growing hemp for the cannabidiol (CBD) market and many companies that process it.
Three law firms who represent thousands of plaintiffs in Roundup litigation against Bayer have told the court overseeing the settlement process that they now have agreements with the company, signaling progress is being made to resolve the litigation.
Robert Rivas has been selected to serve as chair of the California Ag Committee and Ambassador Terry Branstad has announced he is stepping down from being the top U.S. representative in Beijing.