Story: Honeybee Decline, Pesticides, and Leaked Documents
Oh, it stings, it stings! Top USDA bee researcher also found Bayer pesticide harmful to honeybees (by Tom Philpott – Grist) EXCERPT: Remember the case of the leaked [...]
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Democratic Members of House Agriculture Committee Chosen
On Wednesday, January 19, Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, announced the new Democratic members of that Committee, a slate [...]
U.S.-Chinese Currency Linked to Global Food & Commodity Prices
U.S.-Chinese currency link creates spiral in global food costs: Worldwide commodity inflation looms as a threat (by Patrice Hill – The Washington Times) EXCERPT: [...]
Americans Support Spending on Certain Farm Bill Programs
Taxpayers Believe More Should be Spent on Food Safety, Conservation, Research, and Rural Development A new study, to be presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics [...]
House Agriculture Committee Reorganization
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) As often happens following elections that shift the party in the majority, the new Republican leadership of the [...]
Herbicide Resistance Challenges No-Till
Herbicide-Resistant Weeds Force Some Farmers to Abandon Conservation Practices (By Charles Johnson, DTN/The Progressive Farmer) EXCERPT: Weeds that stand up to glyphosate and [...]
US Farm Debt Surges Most Since 1970s As Land Prices Rise
By Mark Peters – Dow Jones Newswires EXCERPT: Debt carried by U.S. farmers increased significantly in recent years as prices for farmland surged, leaving young farmers [...]
Job: Agripreneur Training Program Manager, Rural Enterprise Center, Northfield, MN
Title: Agripreneur Training Program Manager, Rural Enterprise Center a program of Main Street Project Type: Full Time – One year contract, renewable based on funding [...]
Fruits and Vegetables Star in USDA’s Proposed Rule on School Nutrition
Press Release; Contact: Patrick Delaney pdelaney@unitedfresh.org 202-303-3400 ext. 417 Proposed Rule Will Double Fresh Produce Served to 32 Million Students The United Fresh [...]
After all that… New Congress May Not Fund Food Safety Bill
First posted on GRIST -read more there “Yes, folks, the much-compromised-on food safety bill, having survived countless attempts to kill it from both Democrats and [...]
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