Western Growers has launched a second video aimed at bringing greater public attention to the regulatory exacerbation of California’s drought and its devastating impact on thousands of farms and hundreds of rural communities in the San Joaquin Valley. Released in March as part of a larger #lostCAwater digital media strategy – which included the development ...
Western Growers and a coalition of business and water organizations has submitted a petition to the California Fish and Game Commission to decrease size limits and increase bag limits for black bass and striped bass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its tributaries. In an effort to protect the Delta smelt and salmon, government regulators ...
IRVINE, Calif. (June 21, 2016) — Western Growers is disappointed with yesterday’s federal court decision that struck down a five-year-old federal Guidance document allowing the use of composted municipal green waste on organic farms in California. Monday’s court decision in Center for Environmental Health v. Vilsack vacated the National Organic Program’s (NOP) Guidance 5016: The…
It’s no secret. In an era of diminishing resources, agriculture is being asked to do more with less. However, despite the prodigious efforts of many of our members—as well as the broader industry—to innovate and conserve, we still face attacks from agenda-driven activists and pressures from misguided policymakers. These negative sentiments can spill over into ...