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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a massive bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, but negotiations were still far from final heading into the weekend.
Reforming water rights would divert critical resources to court fees instead of groundwater sustainability, says Tulare Irrigation District General Manager Aaron Fukuda.
The Consumer Brands Association will pay $9 million to resolve campaign finance violations involving its opposition to a ballot initiative in Washington state that sought to label genetically engineered foods.
Along with zero-emission technologies like electric tractors, agriculture is generating creative ways of squeezing more efficiency and cost-effectiveness out of combustion engines, presenting new hurdles for incentives grants.
A new report from UC Davis indicates farms with surrounding natural habitat experience the most benefits from birds, including less crop damage and lower food safety risks.
Sprouts Farmers Market has appointed Nicholas Konat as its new president and chief operating officer and Fall Creek Farm and Nursery hired J. Nathan Jurgens as its information technology director.