…continuing to feed the cities and the world, in spite of the challenges of working through a pandemic. Worker safety and food safety go hand-in-hand, and growers and workers are…
Newsom Considers Passing Pandemic Cost onto Employers Through Workers’ Compensation
Governor Gavin Newsom is considering an executive order that could significantly increase the cost of workers’ compensation insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The order would substantially expand the criteria of…
Coronavirus Pandemic Impact on Farmers
Cathy Isom fills us in about the surprising impact the Coronavirus Pandemic is having on some local farmers. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Coronavirus Pandemic Impact on…
Innovative Direct Marketing Webinar for Farmers
Getting involved with creative direct marketing can help keep farm businesses remain viable in the current environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) is offering a…
150 Ag and Water Groups Call for Water Relief
…long-term impacts of the pandemic is going to be a renewed effort to meet the systemic infrastructure demands of the nation,” the groups noted in their letter to President Trump. …
Organic Producers Faring Well Despite Upheaval of Food Supply Chain
…The report notes that retail conditions created by pandemic concerns are unprecedented in grocery retailing. Conventional volume and sales numbers were similar to organic but to a lesser extent. It…
Water Resources Now are Critical to Ensure Food Supply Later
…water supply while protecting water rights, assuring water quality and advocating for flexible water management.” California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson said now, during this pandemic, is the time where…
$19 Billion in Support Coming Through Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
…work through complications created by the pandemic. The CFAP will incorporate the funding and the authority which has been provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES),…
Week in Review: Pandemic Taking A Toll on Citrus and Dairy
The citrus industry lays out the type of impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the market and its effect on growers in this week’s review. Farmworkers may be…
The Western View: It’s Time to go to a Farmers’ Market
The growers that rely on direct marketing have suffered badly during this pandemic. These growers sell through farmers’ markets and to specialty restaurants. The restaurants have closed, and the farmers’…
Food Security is National Security
Sometimes it takes something big like the COVID-19 pandemic to appreciate some of the things we do have, including a stable U.S. food supply. If it wasn’t for our farmers…
California Prune Board Keeping Industry Informed and Safe During Pandemic
…said that growers are working with their employees to explain the situation created by the pandemic and “posting and giving them information on their worker rights during this period, in…
Increased H-2A Flexibility to Ensure Food Production Continues
…employment, currently threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, is vital to maintaining and securing the country’s critical food supply chain,” Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf said in a…
Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall Named to Economic Revival Group
…groups to help shape plans to reopen the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic. The following statement may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: “I’m honored to…