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1 week ago | 
modbee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Después de meses de ansiedad por la posibilidad de que las deportaciones masivas pudieran paralizar la industria agrícola multimillonaria del Valle de San Joaquín, el presidente Trump ha señalado que podría estar abierto a flexibilizar las normas para algunos trabajadores indocumentados.
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3 weeks ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Tulare County’s Setton Pistachio, one of the largest pistachio growers in the nation, is buying rival Touchstone Pistachio Company for $25 million in the wake of the Assemi family’s farming collapse. Located in Terra Bella, Touchstone was the centerpiece of the Assemi family’s vast pistachio and almond holdings that at one time totaled more than 50,000 acres in the San Joaquin Valley.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
FRESNO, Calif. - After months of anxiety over the possibility that mass deportations could cripple the San Joaquin Valley's multibillion-dollar agriculture industry, President Trump has signaled that he may be open to relaxing the rules for some undocumented workers. During an April 10 cabinet meeting, Trump said he would be open to giving undocumented farmworkers and hotel workers an opportunity to work legally if they return to their home country and then come back to the United States.
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3 weeks ago | 
arcamax.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
FRESNO, Calif. — After months of anxiety over the possibility that mass deportations could cripple the San Joaquin Valley’s multibillion-dollar agriculture industry, President Trump has signaled that he may be open to relaxing the rules for some undocumented workers. During an April 10 cabinet meeting, Trump said he would be open to giving undocumented farmworkers and hotel workers an opportunity to work legally if they return to their home country and then come back to the United States.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
A San Diego County pet food company that specializes in raw food for cats is recalling its product because of the potential it may contain H5N1, also known as bird flu. Savage Pet of El Cajon is recalling 66 Large Chicken Boxes (84 ounces) and 74 Small Chicken Boxes (21 ounces) with the lot code/best by date of 11152026. The boxes contain frozen California certified organic chicken and were distributed to retailers in California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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2 months ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
READ MORE Expand All On Tuesday, the two defendants in one of Fresno’s biggest business scandals are expected to report to federal prison to serve their sentences for wire fraud and conspiring to commit wire fraud. Former co-CEOs Jake Soberal, 38, and Irma Olguin Jr., 43, pleaded guilty to bilking investors — from multinational investment banks to Valley farmers — out of nearly $115 million to try and keep their failing company, Bitwise Industries, afloat.
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2 months ago | 
modbee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
Un programa innovador que pagaba a pequeños agricultores para que cultivaran productos muy necesarios para los bancos de alimentos de California está perdiendo su financiación federal como parte de los esfuerzos de la Administración Trump por recortar el gasto gubernamental. Lanzado en 2023, el Programa Granjas Unidas fue financiado por el Departamento de Agricultura de los EE. UU.
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2 months ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
By Robert Rodriguez, The Sacramento Bee A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after it gutted two programs aimed at providing produce to food banks and schools. The USDA slashed $2 billion from the budgets of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program.
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2 months ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after it gutted two programs aimed at providing produce to food banks and schools. The USDA slashed $2 billion from the budgets of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program.
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2 months ago | 
fresnobee.com | Robert Rodriguez |Robert Rodríguez
An innovative program that paid small farmers to grow much-needed produce for California food banks is losing its federal funding as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to slash government spending. Launched in 2023, the Farms Together Program was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and distributed throughout the state by the California Association of Family Farmers, the California Association of Food Banks and Fresh Approach.
