Senator Hagan co-sponsors amendments to food safety bill
Senator Hagan is co-sponsoring the amendments introduced by Senator Tester to exempt small-scale food processors and direct-marketing farmers from provisions of the [...]
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Agriculture Department: Public Input Sought for May 13 Food Safety Listening Session
SOURCE: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (See original article HERE) State, Federal Officials Seek Insight on Fresh Produce Processing, Handling HARRISBURG, Pa., April [...]
Vilsack comments on Farm Bill to group of ag journalists
Vilsack: America Faces Rural Crisis Secretary Says Changing Farm Bill Isn’t About Bedroom Communities Tuesday, April 27 BY: Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor [...]
Will the USDA Doom Locally Produced Meat?
From Salon.com New testing regulations may end small-scale meat production — and keep the market safe for the big boys By Sara Breselor That wailing you hear in the [...]
National Sustiainble Agriculture Coalition Weekly Update
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). This Wednesday’s hearing in the House Agriculture Committee marked the two year countdown to the next Farm [...]
Vilsack testifies before House Committee on Agriculture on the 2012 Farm Bill
USDA Press Release No. 0198.10 Contact: Office of Communications(202) 720-4623 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Makes Case for Stronger Rural America WASHINGTON, April 21, 2010 [...]
Weekly Political Roundup from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC): With Congress back in session, wheels began turning on the Senate food safety bill, S510. On Wednesday, we [...]
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Invites Public Comment on Proposed Rules for USDA Renewable Energy Programs
USDA Press Release No. 0188.10 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, April 16, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today invited public [...]
Why worry about the agriculture of the middle?
A white paper by Fred Kirschenmann, Steve Stevenson, Fred Buttel, Tom Lyson and Mike Duffy From: https://www.agofthemiddle.org Over 80% of farmland in the U.S. is managed by [...]
Update on Food Safety Legislation in Senate
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC): The food safety bill (S 510) was supposed to go to the full Senate next week, but we were told today that the [...]
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