ATTRA Loses Funding in New Budget Resolution
One very distressing casualty of the continuing series of Continuing Resolutions that are keeping the government open but cutting funding week by week is the National [...]
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USDA Reminds Landowners and Producers of CRP General Sign-up
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reminded landowners and producers that a general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will begin on March 14, 2011, and [...]
Job: Director of Community Relations/Fundraising at MA Farm
Codman Community Farms, Inc. (CCF) is a working farm open to the public, located in Lincoln, MA. Through education and outreach, CCF encourages the stewardship of [...]
National Nutrition Month; Grants for Kids Health
USDA Press Release No. 0092.11 Contact: FNS Office of Communications; (703) 305-2281 USDA Kicks Off National Nutrition Month and Announces Availability of Nutrition Grants to [...]
Take Action: Oppose Reckless Agriculture Program Spending Cuts
Call Your Senators In the early hours of Saturday, February 19, the House of Representatives approved a government funding bill that would slash more than $60 billion from [...]
USDA to Resolve Hispanic, Women Farmer Discrimination Claims
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General West Announce Process to Resolve Discrimination Claims of Hispanic and Women Farmers Obama Administration’s [...]
Comments and Video from Merrigan on VAPG Interim Rule
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition On Wednesday, February 23, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan held a press conference call regarding [...]
2011 USDA Funded Farmer-Veteran Retreats Set in Four States
The Farmer-Veteran Coalition has announced four upcoming educational farming retreats planned this spring and summer through funding received primarily from the Risk [...]
Graduate Student Grants: Sustainable Agriculture Service
Northeast SARE Graduate Student Grants These grants are for graduate students who are researching topics in sustainable agriculture that will serve the interests of farmers [...]
Obama USDA Budget Proposal a Mixed Bag for Agriculture
On Monday, February 14, President Obama submitted his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. For sustainable agriculture interests, the budget proposal is a [...]
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