Watch Senate Agriculture Hearing: Growing America’s Economy
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing – held on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. The hearing focused on [...]
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USDA Deputy Secretary Merrigan on Agricultural Exports
Kathleen Merrigan, U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary writes about agricultural exports, and farming as an economic driver for America in her USDA Blog Post: [...]
New Case Study Series Targets Beginning Farmers in Sustainable Agriculture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 February 2011 CONTACT: Sarah Stai, 651-492-0414, sarah@ecosmithconsulting.com; Helene Murray, 612-625-0220, hmurray@umn.edu The Minnesota Institute [...]
Job: Vegetable Market Farm Manager, Minnesota
Duluth Community Farm (DCF) seeks self-motivated/directed person(s) with some food production experience to manage the vegetable market farm the first season (2011) on DCF [...]
Seeds: Organic, Open Pollinated, Non GMO Varieties
Planting time is coming soon. So I am starting to compile a list of sources for seed – with descriptions of the companies, links to catalogs, and information about how [...]
Compensation for Asparagus Farmers Affected by Marketing Losses
USDA Press Release: Sign Up Period Opens for Domestic Asparagus Producers Affected by Marketing Losses Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that a total of $15 [...]
Farmers Win! The Super Bowl and Agriculture
Super Bowl XLV gets a Texas-sized push from agriculture (By Texas Department of Agriculture) EXCERPT: When Super Bowl XLV kicks off Feb. 6 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, [...]
Food Summit Emphasizes Greater Corporate Accountability
Sustainable Foods Summit focuses on industry accountability (By Caroline Scott-Thomas – Food Navigator, USA) Participants at the North American Sustainable Foods Summit in [...]
New Website Connects Local Meat Producers with Customers
Home Grown Cow connects farmers with customers who care where their meat comes from. Based in Wisconsin, with offices in Colorado and San Francisco, Home Grown Cow is doing [...]
USDA Invites State Participation in Market Improvement Program
AMS Press Release No. 240-10 (Sam Jones-Ellard (202) 720-8998, Samuel.jones@ams.usda.gov) The U.S. Department of Agriculture [is requesting] proposals for matching grant [...]
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