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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, September 02, 2024
California’s Farm to School Program is opening up a new market for certain growers and supports locally sourced ,nutritious meals—but growing pains have started to show.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is releasing $1 million from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help farmers in California recover from damage caused by last month’s flooding.
A father-son team that skirted Washington state’s marijuana production regulations for years have been sentenced to 30 months apiece for selling pot on the black market.
Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire has changed up the leadership in the upper chamber of the California Legislature, and Julie Hesketh-Laird is the new CEO of FIVS.
The nation’s railroads as well as airlines and ocean-going ships offer massive new opportunities for the U.S. biofuel industry, but some significant policy and logistical challenges could stand in the way.
Supporters of the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation funding are determined to protect it from attempts to shift some of the money into other farm programs.
New Ag Census data shows that California had nine of the top 10-ag producing counties in the U.S. in terms of sales, as the number of farmers continues to decline.