Reception for Congressional Lawmakers to Lobby for Small Farms on Food Safety Issues
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Deborah Stockton 434.295.7176 Email: nicfa@earthlink.net Congress Gets Fed a New Taste of Food Safety March 8, 2010–Washington DC—The [...]
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Canadian Raw Milk Advocate Recieves Death Threats After Acquittal
Raw milk advocate says he was threatened Farmer’s acquittal appealed by Crown By TOM GODFREY, From the Toronto Sun Online “A Durham farmer who is heading a raw [...]
CBS News Report: Denmark’s Case for Antibiotic-Free Animals
(CBS News), 2/10/10 ” They call it the “Danish Experiment” – a source of pride for the country’s 17,000 farmers. CBS Evening News Anchor Katie [...]
NAIS May be Done, but USDA Continues to Pursue Tracability Options
USDA Press Release No. 0053.10 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 USDA ANNOUNCES NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ANIMAL DISEASE TRACEABILITY WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, [...]
New York Times Report: USDA to Drop Plans for National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
February 5, 2010 U.S.D.A. Plans to Drop Program to Trace Livestock By WILLIAM NEUMAN “Faced with stiff resistance from ranchers and farmers, the Obama administration [...]
Article, Update, and Action on Food Safety Legislation
Article: The Incredible Shrinking Local Market By Annette Higby, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. For more information on the Food Safety issue from NSAC Visit: [...]
Here Come GAP Standards! And We Still Don’t Know What they Will Mean For Small Farmers
The article containing the excerpts below appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Growing for Market. It is available in it’s entirety online at: [...]
Obama, Vilsack Announce Nomination of Dr. Elisabeth Haben as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety
USDA Press Release No. 0022.10 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 PRESIDENT OBAMA, SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCE INTENT TO NOMINATE DR. ELISABETH HAGEN AS USDA [...]
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