…value, environmental impact, fundability, leadership, potential return, personnel skills and scalability. In its first year, the program has helped 25 companies achieve $10 million in sales and attract $9 million…
EPA Reportedly Ditches Hardship Waiver Fix
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ditched a proposal to make up for lost biofuel volumes stemming from hardship waivers as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The plan was…
Organic Group Sues Ben & Jerry’s Over Advertising Claims
…in D.C. Superior Court this week under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act. The group claims Unilever reportedly spent more than $9 billion on advertising in 2017, and that a…
Enforcement of Labeling Regulations Critical
…NMPF’s vice president for dairy foods and nutrition, warned that the agency’s failure to enforce existing labeling standards is a major concern. “For decades, manufacturers have been making fake milk…
ARC-PLC Educational Tool Available for Cotton Farms
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is notifying farmers with generic base acres that planted seed cotton that a new tool is available to assist them…
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field as FDA Makes Regulatory Land Grab
…meat. While the viability, production practices and environmental impact of these products are shrouded in secrecy, the misleading marketing plans of the companies producing such products are clear, with animal…
Water Works: More Wine Country Basins May Soon Come Under SGMA Rules
…those are in Napa and Sonoma Counties. The possible reprioritization would require compliance with SGMA and each basin would need to form a groundwater sustainability agency and complete a sustainability…
Water Officials Call for More Water to Restore Salmon Migration
…users in pursuit of fishery goals that, you know, may be questionable,” said Chris Scheuring, an environmental attorney with the California Farm Bureau Federation. “Agriculture and urban users have long…
First Monsanto Cancer Trial Begins
…bellwether for other future proceedings. Monsanto says in court filings that glyphosate has been deemed safe by “every major regulatory agency.” The company notes that cancers “take many years to…
Governor Brown Increases Funding for Citrus Protection
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed the 2018-19 budget which provides a significant amount of funding intended for citrus protection. The budget will allow the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program…
EPA Seeking “New Tone”
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a “new tone” with a change in leadership. Andrew Wheeler, who now serves as the acting administrator of the EPA, is aiming for a…
Groups React to Pruitt Resignation
Pruitt President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt last week as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Senate has already confirmed Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler as the…
The Answer to Reforming Immigration Remains Elusive
…give us some protection for our workforce. They’ve been loyal, they pay taxes, some of them own property, they’ve raised families, they’re good citizens. Do something to protect them so…
Equipment Manufacturers: Trade War Bad for Business, Risks Jobs
…problem. Starting last Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will now collect duties on $34 billion dollars worth of tariffs. An additional $16 billion in more tariffs are said to…
