Push for Local Food in Schools

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…taxpayer dollars on imported Chinese canned fruit. “Our organizations are deeply concerned that the Buy America Act requirements of the National School Lunch Act are not being adequately monitored and…

Boundary Lines Complicate Groundwater Management

Taylor HillmanDrought, Water

…in groundwater basins. California Groundwater Website For the first time in California history, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) empowers local agencies to adopt groundwater management plans that are tailored…

NCBA on WTO COOL Tariffs

Taylor HillmanCattle, General

…immediate action is needed by the Senate or retaliation against U.S. exports will soon follow. “The WTO today ruled that the U.S. COOL rule has cost Canadian and Mexican livestock…

WTO Okays $1.01 Billion In Tariffs On U.S. Goods

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…obligations. The WTO has ruled that we face over $1 billion in annual retaliation if the Congress doesn’t act immediately to repeal this law,” said Chairman Conaway. On June 10th,…

FSMA Seminar to Help Growers with Regulations

Taylor HillmanGeneral

An event coming up this month will help growers understand the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Sabrina Hill reports. FSMA Seminar The Valley Food Safety Committee is hosting an…

Hands-on Help for New Producers

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…the United States can be generally traced back to the advent of the 1862 and the 1890 Morrill Land Grant Acts. But for the first time, the Food, Conservation, and…

Including Small Water Agencies in Management

Taylor HillmanWater

…it difficult to get small water agencies accounted for. More about the SGMA For the first time in California history, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) empowers local agencies to…

Drought Making Water Management Discussions Public

Taylor HillmanWater

…The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has put a deadline to water management. Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever-Blattler says this process is a going to be a huge…