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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
The California Farm Bureau elected Shannon Douglass to a two-year term as its president in December. She previously served as CAFB vice president and is the first woman to head the organization.
The California State Auditor has issued a scathing report criticizing the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for inefficient processes responsible for growing delays in registering new products.
The $10 billion measure would allocate nearly $4 billion to various water issues and $300 million to programs promoting sustainability practices and helping farmers and ranchers to build climate resilience.
One of the California’s top water regulators fielded questions recently over a slew of local agencies facing repercussions for their inadequate groundwater plans and for a patchwork of new fertilizer regulations hitting farmers across the state.
The Department of Water Resources took an unusual step for an agency in publicly backing a measure to limit new groundwater wells. The bill was an attempt to fix several problems in Newsom’s drought order in 2022, which unsuccessfully sought to protect drinking water wells.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has demoted a powerful regulator who called an administration decision “bullshit” and attempted to override it through a potentially unlawful vote. Yet the labor leader remains on the board.