North Bay Business Journal

  • Agricultural diesel vehicle regulation and funding seminar is March 7

    February 23rd, 2011

    This comprehensive course will cover the newly revised regulations aimed at reducing diesel emissions in California for agricultural production, and funding opportunities.

  • Water quality officials set to OK dairy permits

    February 7th, 2011

    North Coast water-quality regulators plan to complete regulations for how dairies deal with manure to prevent contamination of waterways during rainstorms, but the industry in Marin and Sonoma counties has a three-decade head start thanks to a public-private self-monitoring program.

  • After Hours: Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s Love of the Land Celebration

    September 20th, 2010

    July 14, 2010: Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s Love of the Land Celebration took place on July 15 at Richards’ Grove and Saralee’s Vineyard in Windsor. The event, attracting more than 700 guests, was a benefit for farmland preservation and clean water.

  • TARS policy addresses regulatory inconsistency

    September 20th, 2010

    CALIFORNIA – A new, first-of-its-kind insurance service aimed at fending off costly environmental claims against farmers and ranchers has the potential to level the playing field between regulatory agencies and the agricultural community, according to those in the North Bay familiar with the policy.

  • Brad Bollinger: Could TARS help farmers fight against overzealous regulators?

    September 3rd, 2010

    All too frequently today, regulatory agencies — themselves unregulated — have become more and more aggressive. Many who are unjustly accused just give up, pay the fine and move on. … Late last month, Alliant Insurance Services launched The Agricultural Regulatory Services, or TARS, a legal defense insurance policy that offers California farmers up to $250,000 in coverage to fight accusations of environmental violations. Just now being rolled out, TARS stands the best chance of anything yet to fight back against frivolous regulatory overreach.

  • Employment: Forum directed at small farms; poll: hiring up for restaurants

    May 10th, 2010

    The Sonoma County Farm Bureau will be hosting a free labor and legal requirements seminar for small farms in late May.

  • Health Council inaugurates food-producers panel

    November 23rd, 2009

    More than two years after the first meeting of community, health and business leaders known as Sonoma Health Action, the council charged with taking health care improvement into its own hands has come full circle. With two successful programs under way, the group commenced one of its final initiatives this month, addressing the root of [...]

  • Growers prepare for watershed moment at frost meeting

    November 16th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – A coalition of farming trade groups and major winegrape growers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties plans to demonstrate the state water regulators at a meeting Wednesday that growers have made significant recent progress toward protecting fish while protecting their vines from frost, despite a new letter from federal fish wardens to the contrary.

  • After Hours: Sonoma County Farm Bureau benefit barbecue

    October 19th, 2009

    July 16: Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s”Love of the Land” benefit barbecue for clean water and farmland preservation was held at the MacMurray Ranch in Healdsburg. Published in the Business Journal Sept. 28, 2009.

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