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Annual meeting of Western Association of State Departments of Agriculture (WASDA) focuses on shared interests of western states

The annual meeting of Western Association of State Departments of Agriculture, (WASDA) originally scheduled to occur over several days in the Napa Valley, ended up being a Zoom gathering yesterday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The issues discussed included the pandemic’s impact on food systems, and equity in developing resilient regional food systems. CDFA secretary Karen Ross (middle-left) is the outgoing WASDA president and served as host of the meeting. WASDA is is comprised of the commissioners, secretaries, and directors of agriculture from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Samoa, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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