…be hosted online and will be facilitated by the UC Davis Center for Regional Change. Spanish interpretation will be provided at all workshops. The first workshop is scheduled for Monday, June 27…
Stabenow on Senate Ag Committee Work
…in the last year. “In the last year, a number of things we’ve done (include) forestry hearings. We passed the growing climate solutions legislation by 92 of votes in the…
New Organic Transition Initiative to Address Several Industry Needs
…Transformation Framework. USDA has acknowledged the climate and environmental benefits associated with organic production, along with the barriers to entry into the sector. The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has indicated…
Changes to Walnut Marketing Order Still Working Through the Process
…on receipts similar to how we do it at the California Walnut Commission. Those dates are subject to change for a few different items,” said Rahm. “There’s the formal rulemaking…
Largely Positive Response to USDA’s Food Supply Chain Transformation Plan
…Eric Deeble said in a news release. “When taken together with USDAs recent actions to fight concentration and consolidation and support climate focused conservation programs, these new investments will help…
Vilsack on Food Systems in Farm Bill
…and affordable food. One that includes voluntary incentives in climate-smart agriculture and forestry, providing competitive advantage for American producers. One that creates new opportunities for small and midsized and underserved…
Drivers Across the U.S. Reach 30 Billion Miles on E15 Fuel
…primarily from U.S. grown corn and cuts climate emissions by 46 percent compared to fuel from oil. It’s also less expensive than gasoline. Skor says just the last few months,…
Vilsack Gives Details on Food Supply Chain Plans
…community engagement, increase awareness of climate change and mitigate the effects within urban areas, provide jobs, educate communities about farming, and expand green spaces. USDA also is supporting local production…
Deadline Approaching for Climate Smart Partnerships
…create market opportunities for commodities produced using climate-smart practices. Through the program, USDA will finance partnerships to support the production and marketing of climate-smart commodities via a set of pilot…
Farm Bureau Virtual Event Focuses on Farmer Mental Health
…suicide at a rate of 2-5 times higher than the national average? It is critical that we do something to change that statistic! Stress, addiction, loss, financial hardship, relationship struggles,…
Ag Groups Express Concern Over Future of Pesticide Labeling
…“We are concerned this monumental change in the federal government’s policy will not just threaten science-based regulation, but it risks undercutting food production and important environmental practices at a time…
Ag Groups Support Launch of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
…are designed to “deepen our economic engagement.” The focus of the priorities will be on supply chain resiliency, clean energy and climate change, digital security, and taxation and anti-corruption. Other…
May Revise Adds Support for Methane Emission Reduction Incentives
…that if the state’s goal is to reduce methane emissions and short-lived climate pollutants, which they feel is very high priority for reducing greenhouse gas global warming, this is the…
VofV: Verdant Robotics Pt. 2 – Turning Fieldworkers Into Data Workers
…data workers, bridging the perpetual gap in the labor force by mechanization and teaching valuable skillsets to current employees. “The jobs that are on the farm are going to change,”…