…to prevent those types of challenges from occurring in the future. The Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA) played a role in helping to craft the legislation. “Small meat lockers are…
Housing for the Harvest Continues to Reach Rural Communities
…adding “Housing for the Harvest is an example of how the state and local partners are collaborating creatively to meet the challenges of the pandemic and protect our agricultural workers,…
Canada Implementing New Romaine Rules for Salinas Valley Growers
…the U.S. have raised concerns about the implications of such a requirement. Industry groups have highlighted the significant logistical challenges that would occur under the new romaine rules. Several Canadian…
Conservation Challenges Highlighted in Subcommittee Hearing
Several conservation challenges were highlighted during a House Agricultural Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Testimony centered around the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and how conditions of COVID-19 have been…
Continuing Resolution Signed, CCC To Be Replenished
…with the added challenges the pandemic has introduced. Simply put, farmers and rural communities can’t afford a shutdown, and we appreciate Congress’s efforts to prevent that from happening.” The continuing…
Gasoline-Powered Vehicle Sales to End by 2035 Under Executive Order
…challenges. Johansson said that a mandate on the sales of gasoline-powered vehicles may not be the most pressing issue. “Unprecedented wildfires, homelessness, housing, you name it, California’s experienced it. So…
Agriculture Seeks Federal Support for Coronavirus Worker Protection
…the challenges related to ensuring COVID-19 safety. The letter addressed to Vice President Mike Pence, who chairs the White House Coronavirus Task Force, emphasizes areas that could use improvement and…
Wine Industry Calling for Extension of Disaster Relief Due to Wildfires
…inherent to agriculture, but 2020 has produced more challenges than any could have ever anticipated,” CAWG President John Aguirre said in a press release. “It’s absolutely essential that Congress extends…
Week in Review: CFAP 2 Signups Underway, Growers Work Through Smoke Challenges
…a strong one. Officials are looking to clarify limitations related to Proposition 65 requirements for certain nut products. Growers are continuing to work through the challenges created by the amount…
Consumers are Driving a Move to More Sustainable Cotton Farming in California
…the landscape,” Burgess said. “We need to embed the cost of transitions into the cost of the cotton.” Growing regenerative cotton in California comes with challenges that farmers are facing…
FDA Proposes Food Traceability Rule as Part of FSMA
…in the supply chain such as growing, shipping, receiving, creating, and transforming the foods. The FDA indicated that the proposed food traceability rule draws upon some standards that have already…
Third Round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program Announced
…for contracts, including Travel Well Holdings, Daylight Foods, E.K.K. Investments, LA Specialty Produce, and Luberski, Inc. The Shamrock Foods Company as well as the Sysco Corporation will also be shipping…
Addressing HLB Challenges Through Organic Citrus Survey
An organic citrus survey is being offered as a way to learn more about the challenges and successes the industry has had in combatting Huanglongbing (HLB). The project is being…
Challenges to Raising Peafowl on Your Farm
Some challenges to raising Peafowl on your farm. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Photo by Vivek Doshi on Unsplash Peafowl are uniquely large and gorgeous birds but…