Weekly Farm Policy and Program Update
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) USDA News 6/4/10 – Noble on EPA Ag Advisory Committee On June 3, the Environmental Protection Agency [...]
Policy
USDA Issues Final Rule for Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA Press Release No. 0301.10 Contact: Office of Communications 202-720-4623 Changes expand access, increase payment limits, and promote greater environmental benefit while [...]
Article: Small butchers wary of USDA’s food safety plan
From: The San Francisco Chronicle Online By Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau “Chris Johansen works the line in the tiny Glenn County slaughterhouse that [...]
National Farm to School Bill Emphasizing Farmers Introduced
Rep. McCollum introduced her National Farm to School bill today. This is the only bill that currently addresses both the farm – supply side of the F2S equation and the [...]
USDA releases comprehensive Local Food Systems Report
From The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) has released a comprehensive report on Local Food Systems drawing together [...]
Article: Will Immigration Law Doom America’s Lettuce?
By Sara Rubin, The Atlantic Salinas, California, is known as America’s salad bowl, but each fall, as evening temperatures drop in Steinbeck’s home valley, farmers [...]
Farmers Market Directory Registration Deadline Extended
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) USDA has extended the deadline for registering farmers markets for inclusion in the National Farmers Market [...]
USDA and Department Of Justice Hold Competition Workshop Focused On Competition Issues in the Poultry Industry
USDA Press Release No. 0282.10 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 Normal, Ala., Workshop is the Second of Five on Competition Issues in Agriculture WASHINGTON, [...]
USDA: Deadlines for ACRE & DCP Signup Approaching
USDA Press Release No. 0279.10 Contact: Contact: Isabel Benemelis (202) 720-7809, isabel.benemelis@wdc.usda.gov USDA REMINDS PRODUCERS OF APPROACHING SIGNUP DEADLINE FOR ACRE [...]
A Roundup of Articles from Roots of Change
Roots of Change Roots of Change (ROC) believes that the best way to make the food system sustainable is to connect and support the people and parts within the system that [...]
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