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The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm Equity awarded $5 million in grants to help organizations across the state train farmworkers and beginning farmers.

Tanimura and Antle has promoted Anthony Mazzuca to vice president of sales strategy and Steve Souza to director of product management.

The White House has launched an effort to get Medicare and Medicaid, and eventually private health plans, to provide medically tailored meals to all Americans, a goal that produce growers hope will ultimately expand consumption of fruits and vegetables.

The Agriculture Department, along with major agribusiness firms and foundations, are joining with U.S. cotton growers in a series of efforts aimed at filling a growing global demand for textiles that can be produced with a much smaller environmental footprint.

The Labor Department on Thursday issued new regulations for employing H-2A workers that tighten standards for housing and meals while clarifying that agricultural associations can be held liable for rules violations by individual farmers.

The coalition of local water districts and state agencies behind the voluntary agreements for Bay-Delta flows are bringing new concepts to water management.

Agri-Pulse spoke with newly appointed Yana Garcia on environmental justice issues, industry partnerships and pesticide emissions in climate policy.

Agriculture is pushing back on a semi-permanent COVID-19 rule for workplaces, arguing the proposal is not based on accurate data and fails to account for new advancements in addressing the pandemic.

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is pressing the Food and Drug Administration for assurance that it views states as co-regulators in implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act and the agency's leadership seems responsive.