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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
A progressive Bay Area lawmaker is proposing legislation claiming to protect the health and lives of schoolchildren in California’s agricultural communities, frustrating lawmakers in those communities.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s expanded dollar-for-dollar match program is poised to help more California families buy fluid milk products.
Melinda Cep has started a new role as the senior director of lands, water, and agriculture in the White House’s climate policy office and John MacDonald has been named vice president of marketing for The Giant Co.
Republicans pushed their $1.5 trillion farm bill through the House Agriculture Committee early Friday with the help of four critical Democratic votes, giving the massive legislation some momentum as it heads to an uncertain future in the full House.
Political pressure from the Newsom administration to overhaul the pesticide regulatory system has led to an erosion of trust that is shaking the foundation of the partnership between county and state governments.
Ag experts and county officials are warning the impacts could extend to smaller operations and support industries while setting California back on its climate goals. Despite the dire economic outlook, animal rights activists maintain that large dairies must close.
Gardner Hatch has been selected as the new executive director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, while the Biotechnology Innovation Organization has laid off 30 employees, including some in senior leadership positions.
Southern producers with cotton, rice and peanut base acreage would see their farm program payments more than double, while growers in other regions would see smaller increases under the GOP farm bill the House Agriculture Committee will consider this week, according to a new analysis.
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