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USDA Farm Service Agency Releases Report from 39th CRP Signup

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) held a general signup in August 2010 for its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). On October 8, FSA released a report detailing the [...]

Webinar on Rules to Curb Consolidation in Meat Industry

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

On Thursday, October 14, the National Agricultural Law Center (NALC) hosted a webinar from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST on the rules proposed by USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers [...]

Iowa Renewable Energy Loan & Grant Recipients Announced

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA Announces IOWA REAP Recipients USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $32 million in loans and grants for 433 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Iowa [...]

Beginning Farmer Grants Advance Goal of 100,000 New Farmers

October 18, 2010 // 2 Comments

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Press Release: October 18, 2010 Contact: Ferd Hoefner, 202-547-5754 (To View the USDA Press Release Click HERE) Washington, D.C. [...]

Jobs: Food and Water Watch, NY, MI, NC

October 15, 2010 // 0 Comments

We are expanding our staff at Food & Water Watch and have exciting opportunities to join our organizing department as we prepare to work on the farm bill, work to stop GE [...]

Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns Center, New York

October 12, 2010 // 2 Comments

Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Westchester County, NY. This year’s conference [...]

Weekly Sustainable Agriculture News Roundup

October 10, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) CONGRESSIONAL NEWS 37 Programs Will Lose Baseline Funding in 2012 Farm Bill: On September 29, the Congressional [...]

News from the Northeast Sust. Ag. Working Group

October 10, 2010 // 0 Comments

A monthly digest of food and agriculture news compiled as a service of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group 1.) Nov 12-13 regional conference for advocacy, [...]

Food Safety & Emergency Procedures for Farmers Markets, MI

October 9, 2010 // 0 Comments

Wednesday Nov 10, 2010; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Michigan Municipal League Conference Room; 208 N. Capitol Ave., 1st Floor; Lansing, MI 48933 This day-long workshop for farmers [...]