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Weekly Sustainable Agriculture News Roundup

October 10, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) CONGRESSIONAL NEWS 37 Programs Will Lose Baseline Funding in 2012 Farm Bill: On September 29, the Congressional [...]

News from the Northeast Sust. Ag. Working Group

October 10, 2010 // 0 Comments

A monthly digest of food and agriculture news compiled as a service of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group 1.) Nov 12-13 regional conference for advocacy, [...]

Kansas City Center for Urban Ag Newsletter, Oct

October 9, 2010 // 0 Comments

You can access the newsletter HERE In this issue: – Kansas City, MO, Hosts Local Food Summit – KCCUA Welcomes Jill Erickson As Development Director – [...]

California Farm Bureau News Update

September 29, 2010 // 0 Comments

Weather delays rice harvest Farmers prepare to plant winter vegetables Personal stories highlight need for estate tax reform Grape growers hope to dodge rain, frost For these [...]

Study Suggests Food Industry Has Sway on Safety

September 15, 2010 // 0 Comments

Reuters News via DTN/Progressive Farmer Excerpt: “The food industry is jeopardizing U.S. public health by withholding information from food safety investigators or [...]

Agriculture Opportunites News from Missouri

September 14, 2010 // 0 Comments

The Sept 2010 issue of Ag Opportunities is now available online at https://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/agopp/index.htm Missouri Agrability Project Honeybee Colony Losses in the [...]

Agreement Reached on Senate Food Safety Bill (From Food Safety News)

August 11, 2010 // 0 Comments

by Helena Bottemiller | Aug 11, 2010 “The Senate has reached a “tentative agreement” on the pending safety bill and staff will be briefed on the language [...]

Weekly Agriculture Policy Roundup from NSAC

June 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) TAKE ACTION HELP SHAPE THE VALUE-ADDED PRODUCER GRANT PROGRAM: Comment Deadline June 28, 2010 Family farm advocates [...]

Food and Farming in the News Weekly Update

June 9, 2010 // 0 Comments

From Roots of Change Eating Well Tough To Do For Many of Valley’s Poor A recent study conducted near Fresno, California finds a strong correlation between poverty and [...]