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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, September 01, 2024
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.
President Joe Biden announced new state leaders to USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Rural Development offices and Cathy Burns will become the singular CEO of the International Fresh Produce Association.
President Joe Biden announced new Department of Agriculture leaders Thursday, naming three new state Farm Service Agency leaders and eight individuals to head state Rural Development offices.
Gordon Breschini has been tapped as the new director of national sales for the Calavo Fresh team and Heather Stebbings is now the executive director of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association.
Bayer has announced it has entered into a distribution agreement with MS Technologies to offer soybeans containing the Enlist E3 trait to its customers, beginning in the 2023 growing season.
Perdue heads back to Georgia, the Senate has confirmed Martha Williams as the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Shade has accepted the position of national program leader for USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Margaret Zeigler has been named as the United States representative for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, and the National Grocers Association has made several staff promotions.
UnitedAg has tapped Jayson Welter to serve as general counsel and Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Nora Vargas to sit on the California Air Resources Board.
Darci Vetter has joined The Nature Conservancy and EPA Administrator Michael Regan has announced the appointment of Robin Morris Collin to be EPA’s senior adviser to the administrator for environmental justice.