Amid pandemic, California strawberries dominate 2020 top crop list
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Biden administration pushes regulations in favor of farms, meat
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California growers and ranchers counted two big wins this summer that came in the form of an executive order signed by President Joe Biden.
In June, Biden signed an executive order calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consider issuing new rules defining when meat can use “Product of USA” labels. It also encourages the Federal Trade Commission to limit farm equipment manufacturers’ ability to restrict the use of independent repair shops or do-it-yourself repairs such as when tractor companies block farmers from repairing their own tractors.
Farmers and farmer advocates say the new meat labeling requirements will create transparency for customers, and that endowing farmers with the right to repair their own machinery will make a big difference for small or isolated farms.
Salinas Californian
In June of 2018, two Monterey County site inspectors visited a Salinas cannabis farm, where they encountered a small group of farmworkers who they suspected had been trafficked.
The farmworkers, who spoke no English, took off running when Monterey County Resource Management Agency officials approached them. They couldn t go far, though –– the cultivation site was fenced in. The farmworkers seemed terrified, the county s prosecuting attorney later said.
Their behavior was unusual enough that inspectors asked Monterey County Sheriff s deputies to investigate.
It soon became clear the dozen or so Hmong farmworkers, employed by labor contractor Levi Trimmigration, were living in substandard housing: metal shipping containers furnished only with camping equipment. They had no running water, no ventilation, and slept on camping cots.