Articles by Hannah Pagel

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.

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.

Tillamook County Creamery Association has hired Peggy Han and MyLand Company has hired Joe Ruiz.

The Democratic party's chief rural outreach official takes a new job and some West Coast offices add some new staff on Capitol Hill.

A leading ag youth organization has a new chief staffer, the leader of rural outreach for the Democratic National Committee takes a new job, and more in this week's Farm Hands.

USDA has appointed Meryl Harrell as Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment and Terry Cosby as chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Margaret Zeigler has been tapped to serve as the interim president of the Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation.

Danny Dumas has been elected to serve as the chairman of the United Fresh Board of Directors and Nicole Negowetti has joined the Plant Based Foods Association as the new senior director of policy.

Margaret Zeigler has been tapped to serve as the interim president of the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation after Thomas Grumbly announced he will retire from the helm June 14.