USDA Will Buy More Bonus Food to Assist American Agriculture
USDA to Buy More Bonus Foods USDA has announced that, to assist American agriculture, it will buy an additional $82.6 million of meats and fruit this year. The Department [...]
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New Report on Hunger in the U.S., and a Proposed Bill to Increase Access to Nutritious Food for Children
U.S. Hunger Numbers Surge in 2008 Almost 50 million Americans, including nearly one in four children nationwide, struggled to get sufficient food last year, according to [...]
Resource: Equipment for Small Farmers and Gardeners
I usually don’t feature commercial sites on beginning farmers.org, but I decided to make an exception here, because I think this one is really good. Woodward Crossings [...]
AP: Agriculture Futures Fall on Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture futures trade lower on the CBOT (AP) – 1 day ago CHICAGO — Agriculture futures fell Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery [...]
Council Established to Strengthen Virginia’s Food System from Farm to Table
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Contact: Eric Bendfeldt, 540-432-6029; Christopher Carpenter, 540-458-8636; Matt Benson, 540-341-7961; Michael Van Ness, 434-546-1793 VIRGINIA [...]
New Journal Wants Papers on Young Farmers, New Farmers, Farm Transfer Programs, Incubators, Networks, and Alliances
INAUGURAL Call for Papers: The Journal of Agriculture and Food Systems Development is a NEW online, international, peer-reviewed journal focused on applied research and best [...]
Organic Tomato Growers: Survey for Research on Late Blight – Please Respond
Calling all Organic Tomato Growers! If you grew or tried to grow tomatoes in 2009 and you used organic practices to do it, we want to hear from you about your experience with [...]
Job: Local Food Coordinator (Specialist) – College of Lake County, Illinois
Position: Local Food Coordinator (Grant Funded Position)* Position Type: Specialist, Part-time For a full description, or to apply, go to: [...]
Latest on the Senate Food Safety Bill Markup
From: the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) For Immediate Release November 18, 2009 NSAC Comment on Senate Food Safety Markup Washington, DC, November 18, [...]
Food Safety Legislation Divides Small and Large Farmers – From Congress Daily
CONGRESS DAILY AGRICULTURE Food Safety Provisions Divide Small And Large Producers Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 by Jerry Hagstrom A food safety bill scheduled for a Senate [...]
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