…is to act as a platform that increases the commerce and connectivity of these Central California companies, while creating a regional identity centered on the celebration of food production and…
CDFA to Discuss Medical Cannabis and GMO Labeling
…to develop a robust framework that protects consumers, growers and the environment.” Ross Last year, California passed the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act that allows the commercial cultivation and…
EPA Sets Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Glyphosate
…scheduled the meeting of a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act scientific advisory panel for October 18th through October 21st in Washington, D.C. The Federal Register notice mentions the conclusions…
Efforts to Make School Environments Healthier
…Obama Administration is announcing four final rules that implement important provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) building on the progress schools across the country have already made in…
Agri View: Lost Land
…The overgrazing stripped the land, and, in part, brought about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Congress enacted the 1934 Taylor Grazing Act, which finally established grazing districts and required…
Ag Labor and Border Security Require Balanced Approach
…farmers. To keep that option viable, we must act soon,” Duvall said. Farmers and ranchers from all regions are ready for Congress to act on immigration reform, but as Duvall…
SGMA Timelines Necessary for Ag
…Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) has timelines in place that span two decades for implementation. California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director Mike Wade says that time is needed for agriculture to…
Humane Handling of Veal Calves
…would improve compliance with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act by encouraging improved treatment of veal calves, as well as improve inspection efficiency by allowing FSIS inspection program personnel to…
Groundwater Monitoring Improves
…CASGEM data will be necessary for assessing the impact of the ongoing drought and implementation of the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, which requires local agencies to bring…
NMPF Endorses Legislation
…of Representatives that would clarify the exemption of dairy farms and other livestock producers from being subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the safe disposal…
CA Water Agencies File Suit Against Reclamation
…reassess its ESA-related actions. The existing measures, adopted in 2008 and 2009, are based on biological opinions issued under the Endangered Species Act. The measures are responsible for the largest…
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Legislation
…Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow for their work on the bill and urged the House to act as soon as possible to provide certainty in the…
Conaway re: Global Food Security Act
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed S.1252, the Global Food Security Act of…
‘Keep Management Local’ Still Focus for SGMA
California has about a year left to get all of the water management entities in place for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and experts say the need to keep…