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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he plans to nominate Homer Wilkes, the current director of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Division of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as USDA's undersecretary for natural resources and environment.
Nichole Morgan has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve on the State Water Resources Control Board and Sec. Tom Vilsack's communications director leaves USDA.
Matt Herrick has left the Department of Agriculture where he served as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack’s communication director, and President Joe Biden selects Xochitl Torres Small as undersecretary of rural development at USDA.
President Joe Biden has selected Xochitl Torres Small, a former member of the House Ag Committee, as undersecretary of rural development at the Agriculture Department.
Val Dolcini was one of three who recently announced plans to leave the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and Ocean Mist Farms’ president and CEO, Joe Pezzini has announced he is stepping down from the helm.
Val Dolcini is leaving California and heading back to Washington and Charles Santerre has been named the chairperson for Clemson University’s Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department.
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday easily approved the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, a long-time agricultural law specialist and member of the Chickasaw Nation, to become the Agriculture Department's general counsel.