Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is expected to reintroduce two bills as soon as today to protect workers from excessive heat. The first is the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act, named after a Central Valley farmworker who died after working 10 hours in 105-degree heat. .
A new web resource supporting food entrepreneurship in Baltimore is open for business. Morgan State University has partnered with the City of Baltimore and the Aspen Institute to release Open Access Baltimore, a free online portal with resources to help budding entrepreneurs in the food industry get started. Baltimore is the third city with an open-access portal. .