California’s agriculture feeds the nation — but it’s also facing some of its toughest challenges yet. In this thought-provoking episode, BeeHero Co-Founder and CGO Itai Kanot sits down with Secretary Karen Ross, who has led the California Department of Food and Agriculture since 2011, to discuss the intersection of policy, pollination, and progress. From her upbringing on a Nebraska family farm to shaping the future of the world’s fifth-largest economy, Secretary Ross shares an insider’s view...
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California’s agriculture feeds the nation — but it’s also facing some of its toughest challenges yet. In this thought-provoking episode, BeeHero Co-Founder and CGO Itai Kanot sits down with Secretary Karen Ross, who has led the California Department of Food and Agriculture since 2011, to discuss the intersection of policy, pollination, and progress. From her upbringing on a Nebraska family farm to shaping the future of the world’s fifth-largest economy, Secretary Ross shares an insider’s view...
Pollination Around the World: Beekeeping in Australia
Between the Rows
43 minutes
2 months ago
Pollination Around the World: Beekeeping in Australia
AHBIC CEO and AgriFutures Deputy Chair Danny Le Feuvre joins me to compare the realities of beekeeping in Australia and the U.S. We trace Danny’s path from commercial beekeeper to industry leader, then dig into this season’s bee shortage for almonds—what drove it, how better grower–beekeeper contracting and communication can help, and what longer-term fixes look like. We unpack Australia’s varroa journey and the shift to transition-to-management, plus what’s next for biosecurity on the ground...
Between the Rows
California’s agriculture feeds the nation — but it’s also facing some of its toughest challenges yet. In this thought-provoking episode, BeeHero Co-Founder and CGO Itai Kanot sits down with Secretary Karen Ross, who has led the California Department of Food and Agriculture since 2011, to discuss the intersection of policy, pollination, and progress. From her upbringing on a Nebraska family farm to shaping the future of the world’s fifth-largest economy, Secretary Ross shares an insider’s view...