Grassroots Push for Student Loan Forgiveness for New and Beginning Farmers
Grassroots push for Student Loan forgiveness could remove barrier to new entry farmers This article was written by our friend Kimberly Hart I recently contacted my U.S. [...]
Policy
NPR Story: New Rules Laid To Help Chicken Farmers
From: https://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/11/pm-chix-house/ Listen to the story at: [...]
National Farmers Union Supports Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Proposed Position Limits Rule
NFU Supports Proposed CFTC Position Limits Rule From: https://nfu.org/news/2010/01/15/nfu-supports-proposed-cftc-position-limits-rule.html For Immediate Release: January 15, [...]
Bill Introduced in Washington State to Allow Small Farms to Legally Host Farm Interns and Apprentices (Action Item)
The Farm Internship Subcommittee of the San Juan County Agricultural Resources Committee sent this notification about a bill that has been introduced in the Washington State [...]
Food Safety Legislation Editorial and Update – The bad, the Ugly, the Inevitable, and the Uncertain
The following represents my personal opinion regarding the issue of food safety legislation and the many factors which surround it, and should be considered editorial. I have [...]
Job: Environmental Working Group is Hiring an Agriculture and Environment Legislative and Policy Analyst
This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong backround in ag and environmental policy. They are especially interested in folks that have direct experience with the [...]
USDA ANNOUNCES $11.8 MILLION FOR 19 COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS
Release No. 0010.10 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES $11.8 MILLION FOR 19 COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECTS IN RURAL [...]
Obama, Vilsack Cave on Farm Payment Limit Reform
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Candidate Obama’s farm policy platform had as its very first item lowering the limits and closing the loopholes that [...]
USDA Announces Changes in Farm Program Handling to Reduce Fraud and Streamline Payment Limits for Family Farmers
Press Release No. 0630.09 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 USDA ENHANCES INTEGRITY AND DEFENSIBILITY OF FARM PROGRAMS AND STREAMLINES PAYMENT LIMITS FOR [...]
Southeast Youth Food Activist Summit (SYFAS 2010), Hosted by the Real Food Challenge
February 5-7th 2010 the Real Food Challenge (https://realfoodchallenge.org), a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, will be hosting the second annual Southeast Youth Food [...]
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