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MONTEREY — It's been a decade since Greg Migdale started Project Helping Hand. Still, one of his all time favorite stories is about when he helped music teacher Jim Paoletti revive a music program in 2012.
Paoletti knew there was a closet with 10 violins and violas just sitting unused for years because they didn't have new strings, Migdale said.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, 20th District Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus, has introduced the Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act.
The bipartisan legislation incentivizes innovative agriculture technology development and deployment. The bill also encourages public-private partnerships between agriculture industry and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop mechanization technology to alleviate workforce and cultivation shortfalls.
“As a former prosecutor, I know how critical U and T visa protections are to law enforcement and immigrant communities,” Panetta said in a February statement. “Non-citizen victims and witnesses daring to come forward to support our criminal justice system deserve safeguarding. This bill promotes victims’ safety and encourages their continued participation in our communities.”
Call it the government's version of "Shark Tank" for fruit and vegetable harvesting.
A California Congressman is introducing a bill that would authorize at least $10 million to spur agriculture technology and encourage public-private partnerships for mechanizing harvests.
Jimmy Panetta's Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act authorizes $10 million in discretionary funds, and allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture to accept funds from other federal agencies, the private sector, universities and state/local governments.
Central Coast Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced new legislation that will incentivize mechanization and other innovation in specialty crop production.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), co-chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus, introduced the Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act. The bipartisan legislation incentivizes innovative agriculture technology development and deployment. The bill encourages public-private partnerships between the agriculture industry and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop mechanization technology that can alleviate stress on farmworkers or automate activities where workers are not available.
Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), co-chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus, introduced the Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act. The bipartisan legislation incentivizes innovative agriculture technology development and deployment. The bill also encourages public-private partnerships between agriculture industry and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop mechanization technology to alleviate workforce and cultivation shortfalls.
CARMEL – Congregation Beth Israel will be hosting a "Gathering of Mourning and Hope" to honor the Pittsburgh shooting victims at an event that will see its own increased security in the shadow of the recent tragedy.
"I've been filled with conflicting emotions, one of which is the security at this gathering," said Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum. "We're looking at long-term increased security, which is a sad statement on our society."
ROYAL OAKS — Monterey Mushrooms hosted Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, agriculture leaders and farmworkers at its facility in North Monterey County for a tour and roundtable discussion on Friday.
But the message of farmworker and agriculture issues and immigration reform, which was to dominate the proceedings, was partially eclipsed by the week's news of bombs being mailed to critics of President Donald Trump.