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 [...]
Policy
Agriculture Programs would Take Huge Cut in Proposed House Budget
Following a revolt by some of their rank and file on Thursday, House Republican leaders on Friday night released their draft bill to cut government funding for the remainder [...]
Proposed Legislation to Exempt Utah from New Food Safety Act
Proposal would exempt Utah food from federal regulation (By Robert Gehrke – The Salt Lake Tribune) EXCERPT: Rep. Bill Wright, as he puts it, “grew up in the dirt,” [...]
House Republicans Looking for Big Cuts in Ag Budget
Agriculture Targeted for 14 Percent Cut by House GOP On Thursday, February 3, House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that next week he will set a budget [...]
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 [...]
A Number of USDA Grant Program Deadlines are Coming Up
Upcoming USDA Grant and Program Deadlines A handy summary of the USDA programs with upcoming enrollment or application deadlines, including conservation programs, competitive [...]
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 [...]
GMO Sugar Beets Given ‘Interim Partial Deregulation’ by USDA
U.S. Says Farmers May Grow Engineered Sugar Beets (By ANDREW POLLACK – New York Times) EXCERPT: The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that American farmers could [...]
USDA Offers Policy Clarification: Updated Organic Program Handbook
AMS Press Release No. 014-11 (Soo Kim (202) 720-8998, Soo.kim@ams.usda.gov) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2011—The National Organic Program (NOP) today released an updated version [...]
How the next farm bill could plant a new crop of farmers
Originally published in Grist, by Lindsey Lusher Shute of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition (reprinted with permission from the author) USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack [...]
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