Articles by Hannah Pagel

Clarice Turner has been selected as the next president and CEO of the Almond Board of California, replacing Richard Waycott who plans to retire at the end of this year.

Torres Small takes over as USDA’s deputy from Kevin Shea, the administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Kevin McAdams has been tapped as the next CEO of Perdue Farms.

The International Fresh Produce Association has hired Sara Neagu-Reed and Art Munoz has returned to Church Brothers Farms.

Xochitl Torres Small has officially been confirmed as USDA’s new deputy agriculture secretary and Jill Bramble has been tapped as the new president and CEO of the National 4-H Council.

Matt Mika has moved to AmericanHort and David Ross has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing at Edible Garden.

Matt Mika has moved to AmericanHort and Cami Ryan has been hired as a senior business partner of industry affairs and sustainability for Bayer CropScience Canada.

The California Strawberry Commission has hired Bill Turechek as the new vice president of research and Jeff Cardinale as the new director of communication. The Citrus Research Board has brought on Ivan Milosavljevic as the new Integrated Pest Management Entomologist.

Roberta Anderson has been tapped as the new president of the U.S. subsidiary, GLOBALG.A.P. North America and Sheila Nix has been selected to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief of staff for the Biden-Harris 2024 reelection campaign.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation today to ensure the government keeps using U.S. commodities to provide food aid around the world. About half the funds for the Food for Peace program are currently used to purchase and deliver U.S. farm goods.