Cannon Michael

Six Generations of Farming: Cannon Michael on Water, Innovation, and the Future of California Agriculture

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…canal repairs, and new reservoirs are essential to ensuring reliable water supplies for agriculture and urban communities alike. Farming in a High-Risk Industry Farming has always been risky, but Michael…

Steve Hilton

Steve Hilton: “Help Is on the Way” for California Agriculture

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…nuts, and produce Americans are encouraged to eat more of. High-Speed Rail and Spending Priorities Hilton also criticized the state’s high-speed rail project, calling it a decades-late, over-budget “boondoggle” that…

Stephanie Nash

Stephanie Nash: From California to Tennessee, Fighting for American Agriculture

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…food production. She believes agriculture should be mandatory in every high school, teaching responsibility, science, and stewardship while connecting students to the origin of their food. Challenges Facing Family Farms…

Elaine Culotti

Elaine Culotti Announces Run for California Governor, Calls for Economic Reset and Bipartisan Reform

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…is broken. On infrastructure, she criticized the unfinished high-speed rail and deteriorating highways such as Highway 99. She called for public-private partnerships to complete major projects and warned that California’s…

Steve Hilton

Elaine Culotti Pushes for Middle-Ground Leadership and Stronger Support for Small Farmers

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…and she believes leadership in the middle is the only way to stabilize the state. A major topic of discussion was infrastructure. High-speed rail once again surfaced as a flashpoint…

Independent

Elaine Culotti Enters Governor’s Race, Calls for Major Reset in California Policy

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…is running with No Party Preference, arguing that California’s biggest challenges won’t be solved by partisan politics. With the state facing a massive budget deficit, high gas prices, struggling infrastructure,…

california

California Freight in Crisis: Wildwood Express on the Pressures Facing Trucking and Agriculture

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…absorb increasingly high costs. “It’s getting to the point where families can’t live in the state,” Woods says. Even logistics giants like UPS are offering huge incentives for employees to…

Lance Shebelut

From Fresno Legend to Propane Pioneer: Lance Shebelut on Farming Smarter

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…went on to notable careers in sports. But his focus has long since shifted from baseball to growing high-quality tree fruit and citrus across the Valley, and his latest innovation?…

almond

Bees Are Gold: Why Almond Growers Can’t Afford to Miss Pollination in 2026

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World Ag Expo Conversation Highlights the Critical Role of Bees At the World Ag Expo, plenty of attention goes to equipment, markets, and policy. But one of the most essential…