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CDFA releases final Environmental Impact Report for CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing Program
Yuba.net | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsThe EIR outlines potential significant environmental impacts associated with the adoption and implementation of statewide cannabis cultivation licensing regulations and provides mitigation measures to reduce those impacts to less than significant. CDFA is developing regulations for statewide cannabis cultivation licensing, as well as a track-and-trace system. This system will record the movement of cannabis and cannabis products through the supply chain, from cultivation to sale.
Tax Cuts May Lead to Farm Cuts
DTN | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsOpponents of the House tax-reform bill pointed to the impacts of the budget deficit that could require major cuts to farm programs under current law.
Dicamba Update
Texas Agriculture Law Blog | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture NewsDicamba will likely go down as the biggest agricultural issue in 2017. This post will discuss some background information and then address several recent developments regarding the herbicide dicamba.
More Jurisdictions To Provide Legal Defense For Immigrants At Risk Of Deportation
NPR | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsWhile the Trump administration continues the federal government's already-massive deportation program, 11 cities and counties will be joining the list of jurisdictions providing legal defense for undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation. The Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit that researches and advocates changes in the criminal justice system, launched the Safety and Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Cities Network this past week.
Rural areas at risk as water levels drop in massive aquifer
ABC News | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Rural NewsThe draining of a massive aquifer that underlies portions of eight states in the central U.S. is drying up streams, causing fish to disappear and threatening the livelihood of farmers who rely on it for their crops.
Hawaii judge dismisses lawsuit against seed company, board
Sun Herald | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture NewsA judge in Hawaii dismissed a lawsuit that sought an environmental review of the actions by a seed company operating on the island of Kauai.Environmental groups filed a lawsuit after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources in February consolidated two parcels of land leased by Syngenta under a single revocable permit, The Garden Island reported .The lawsuit claimed that the board's action violated state law by exempting the company from environmental document preparation and by violating the duty to protect public trust resources.Judge Randal Valenciano issued the ruling on Thursday t
Crops are rotting in UK fields following Brexit immigration changes
Quartz | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture NewsA county in Britain is asking the government for special permission to circumvent broad immigration laws because of a drain on labor. Crops in Cornwall are literally “rotting in the fields” because since the Brexit vote there aren’t enough migrant workers to reap the harvests, according to media reports.
Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner: traceable turkeys
Abilene Reporter News | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsTurkey buyers in select Texas markets will be able to either text or enter on the Honeysuckle White website the code found on the tag on the packaged bird to find out where it was raised and get information about the farm's location, view farm photos and read the farmer's message. "What traceability does is just allow us to connect with the consumer," Glaser said. "And I think over time there has been a disconnect. People have kind of lost where their food comes from and this is a way to re-establish that line of communication."
Our Meatless Future: How The $90B Global Meat Market Gets Disrupted
CB Insights | Posted onNovember 16, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsWill a meatless food industry featuring lab-grown meat, seafood substitutes, and insect protein be the future of food? Food giants from Tyson to Cargill are working to navigate a future where protein isn't dominated by traditional animal sources.
Biofuels Fight Is Brewing Between U.S. and Brazil Over Ethanol
Bloomberg | Posted onNovember 15, 2017 in Energy NewsThe U.S. biofuels industry, fresh off a win against Big Oil, is lining up for a fight with Brazil. American ethanol producers said Thursday in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that they’re seeking Brazil’s suspension from a trade program allowing duty-free imports into the U.S. The move follows Brazil’s decision in August to slap a 20 percent tariff on ethanol shipments from the U.S. that exceed a 600 million-liter (158 million-gallon) annual quota.The U.S.