Missouri and Kansas Debate Factory Farms
Factory farms massing in Missouri, Kansas, new report says (By Karen Dillon; The Kansas City Star) EXCERPT: In Greeley County in western Kansas, voters last week overturned a [...]
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Register Now for the Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
The MOSES Organic Farming Conference is the largest organic farming conference in the U.S. Organized by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), and [...]
Young Farmers, Beginning Farmers, and the Next Farm Bill
Young farmers need help from the USDA—and the next Farm Bill (click here to read full article) (by Lindsey Lusher Shute, Grist) EXCERPT: Unless an agricultural revival and [...]
Organic Producers Initiative Offers Conservation Funding
USDA Press Release No. 0669.10; Contact: Office of Communications 202-720-4623 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced USDA will provide funding to [...]
USDA’s Final Environmental Impact Statement on GE Alfalfa
USDA Press Release No. 0667.10; Contact: R. Andre Bell (301) 734 3853; Andrea McNally (301) 734-0602 Also see analysis from Rodale HERE and from the Center for Food Safety [...]
Job: Membership/Communications Coordinator, New England Farmers Union
Title: Membership/Communications Coordinator, New England Farmers Union Type: 30 hours/week Location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts (staff work primarily from home) [...]
USDA/DOJ Agriculture Antitrust Workshops: What Outcomes?
The Ag Hearings Are Over — Is That All There Is? (By Regina Weiss – Huffington Post) EXCERPT: There was excitement in the sustainable food community and [...]
USDA Issues 2011 Request for Funding Proposals (CCPI & AWEP)
On Tuesday, December 14, USDA published its FY 2011 Request for Proposals for the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) and the Agricultural Water [...]
Congress Sends Food Safety Bill to President’s Desk
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) On December 21, 2010, the House of Representatives voted 215-144 to pass the Senate version of the Food Safety [...]
House Passes Food Safety Bill, Raising Powers of F.D.A.
New York Times Article on passage of Food Safety Legislation (by William Neuman) – Includes multimedia link showing votes by state EXCERPT: The bill, which President [...]
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