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Western Growers has hired De Ann Davis as senior vice president of science and the California Department of Food and Agriculture brings on Lina Nguyen as a senior environmental scientist specialist.

Uncertainty about how schools will open this fall has elevated concerns that the food items and supplies the country’s 13,698 public school districts need could be difficult to come by.

Shuttered bars, restaurants, and food courts across the country are slowly opening back up, but experts say it could take years before they’re experiencing pre-pandemic levels of business.

As COVID-19 has prompted a renewed interest in gardening, the USDA National Agricultural Library is highlighting historic initiatives in its digital exhibit “Small Agriculture.”

Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove said the budget sets aside about $6.5 million “to pay for lawsuits so that the state of California can sue the Trump administration.”

Ahead of a midnight deadline, the Legislature yesterday passed a placeholder budget, mostly along party lines.

Could sports betting be a lifeline for state fairs? * Too early to act on next round of farm aid?

During a budget hearing on Friday, lawmakers again raised concerns over long-term funding for fairs.

Farmworker bill on COVID-19 passes Assembly * California Dems join call for a COVID-19 rural task force * UK sees ‘way forward’ on ag

Democratic congressmembers are advocating for more attention to rural areas in the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.