CLFP’s 26th Annual Supplier Host Council (SHC) Golf Tournament, which raises funds for CLFP’s Scholarship Program was held on October 17, 2022, at the Brookside Golf and Country Club in Stockton. About 100 CLFP food processors and SHC Affiliate members joined the tournament. Our winners for the 2022 tournament are Greg Holmes, Sandy Fiack, and Frank McDonald (1st place gross), Ross Oliveira, Todd Rufer, Nick Webb and Dan Achondo (2nd place gross), Steve Watkins, David Holland, Justin Bream and Doug Miller (1st place net), Chad Asprooth, Chris Nichols, Mike Lin and John Pieretti (2nd place net) and Justin Decker (Tomato Putting Contest). Thanks again to all those who came out to support this important fundraising event.
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FDA proposes change to how “healthy” foods are defined
Nutritional Outlook
Coinciding with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a proposed rule which would change the criteria for foods to carry the “healthy” claim. Currently, there are specific criteria based on minimum amounts of individual nutrients such as vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, protein, and dietary fiber, as well as limits on total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. These standards were set in 1994 and do not reflect our current understanding of nutritional science.
California offers to reduce imports of Colorado River water
CalMatters
Facing demands from the federal government, California water agencies offered today to cut back the amount of water they import from the Colorado River starting in 2023.
After months of negotiations, water agencies wrote to federal agencies today offering to reduce California’s water use by 400,000 acre-feet every year through 2026. That amounts to 9% of the river’s water that California is entitled to under its senior rights.
California's drought withers tomatoes, pushing grocery prices higher
Reuters
A lack of rain and snow in central California and restricted water supplies from the Colorado River in the southernmost part of the state have withered summer crops like tomatoes and onions and threatened leafy greens grown in the winter.
That has added pressure to grocery prices, putting a squeeze on wallets with no end in sight.
Global Food Prices Coming Back Down
Food Processing
World food prices are edging back downward after spiking due to the Ukraine war, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The FAO’s price index, which tracks globally traded food commodities, has receded for the sixth month in a row. It stood at 136.3 points in September, down from 137.9 in August. The high stood at 157.9 in March, immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will conduct a public hearing on October 27, 2022, to consider a proposed regulation that would require all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales in the state to be zero-emission vehicles starting in 2040.
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By Adam Wasserman, GLD Partners
For decades, the San Joaquin Valley has served as the principal goods movement corridor for North-South goods movement in California. Approximately 1.1 million ocean containers move through the San Joaquin Valley, about half that number representing imports (mostly consumer products) and the other half exports (mostly agricultural products). Currently, virtually all these goods are moved via highways with internal combustion engine powered trucks.
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Author: Benjamin M. Ebbink
Fans of the 1984 fantasy film The Never Ending Story might remember the famous line, “Every real story is a never-ending story.” For California employers that have been grappling with COVID-19 for the better part of the last three years, it might seem like California’s regulation of the pandemic might be never ending as well.
• Forced Unionization Process for Agricultural Employees: Governor Newson signed AB 2183 which establishes a card check process for unionizing agricultural employees. It was strongly opposed by CLFP and agricultural organizations.
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