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Sunkist Growers has brought on Anne Goltz as senior manager of business development and Former California Senator Tom Berryhill passed away.

The Trump administration is acting to remove another regulatory barrier to agricultural biotechnology by proposing to streamline EPA's oversight of pest-resistant plants. But there's little sign of progress on reforms to FDA’s regulation of gene-edited animals.

As students return to classrooms — or return to distance learning — the school lunch program is operating under unprecedented uncertainty, which is set to trickle down to commodities such as dairy and produce that rely on the lunch trays to carry a good portion of their demand. 

Many in the hemp industry are worried a new Drug Enforcement Administration rule will make processors vulnerable to enforcement under the Controlled Substances Act, and some are looking at filing a lawsuit to challenge it.

Plastics debate heats up * CDFA steps closer to carbon markets * Cloudy future for coronavirus aid * China ‘saying right things’

Assemblymembers Lorena Gonzalez lashed out at Republican Heath Flora over AB 685.

Lawmakers debated late into the night over two bills that would set aggressive goals for reducing single-use plastics for food containers, beverages and other consumer products.