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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, December 23, 2024
Christine Aurre has been tapped as the new legislative affairs secretary in the Office of the Governor, filling the role held by Christy Bouma since March 2022.
Mandla Nkomo has been tapped as the incoming CEO of Partners in Food Solutions and Todd Tillemans has been selected as the new chief commercial officer at Perdue Farms.
Dairy operations and cattle producers in the Southwest are bracing for potentially higher feed bills, depending on how farmers respond to a historic agreement among California, Nevada and Arizona that’s intended to slash agricultural water usage and preserve hydropower generation.
Gina Dockstader has been appointed to serve on the California Farm Water Coalition and Mike Stephan has been elevated to vice president of sales and business development at Monterey Mushrooms.
The Interior Department is doling out more than $240 million for repairs to aging water infrastructure in the drought-ridden West, one of the first investments with ramifications for agriculture in the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law enacted last year.
The new $52 million state-of-the-art SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento offers consumers a chance to learn more about how much water is required to grow their food and how California farmers are working to produce more crop per drop.
Sen. Feinstein has joined three valley representatives in urging state and federal administrations to delay implementing a new joint operating plan for water projects.