Beginning Farmer Support in Farm Bill – Join the Effort
I’m pleased to announce that The National Farmers Union (NFU) has lent it’s support to the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 as part of its [...]
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Sustainable Agriculture News January 16-20, 2012
Latest news from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for the week of January 16-20th 2012: USDA NEWS USDA Taking Applications for Rural and Farm Energy Funding: On [...]
Beginning Farmer Financing and Loan Rules Update
This beginning farmer financing and loan rules update from USDA includes the announcement of SIGNIFICANT CHANGES in LOAN ELIGIBILITY RULES for beginning farmers and a new [...]
Young Farm Policy Leaders Provide Strategies for Communicating with Congress
Young Farm Policy Leaders Provide Strategies for Communicating with Congress at Fresh Impact Panel Under-35 Panel Highlights Advocacy & Grassroots Seminar at October’s [...]
Farm Policy 2012 Style – Serving the Public Interest or Misdirection
RURAL LIFE DAY 2011: Farm Policy 2012 Style – Serving the Public Interest or Misdirection Saturday, December 3, 2011; Alphonse J. Schwartze Catholic Center – 2207 [...]
Sustainable Agriculture News Update, August 2011
USDA NEWS from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition – August 29, 2011 New ERS Conservation Articles and Report On Monday, August 22, USDA’s Economic Research [...]
FDA’s New Food Safety Law – Agency Gives it a Positive Spin
An FDA Inspector in Arizona – Photo from FDA Flickr Photo Sharing In a recent article from the FDA entitled The ‘Teeth’ of FDA’s Food Safety Law, the [...]
FARM NEWS from NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION
At the conclusion of the May 5 meeting at Blair House between Vice President Biden and six congressional leaders, all parties to the talks said progress had been made toward a deal that would lead both to a deficit reduction budget deal and a positive vote in Congress to raise the federal borrowing limit. [...]
Agriculture Policy News, April 18-22, 2011
Here is this week’s installment of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s Weekly News Roundup: CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Congressional Bioenergy Briefing: [...]
Agriculture Field Hearing on Farm Bill Rescheduled in Michigan
The following notice was sent from Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. It announces the [...]
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