Hiring Foreign Farmworkers to Get Tougher Under New Rule
Growers Must Try Harder to Find Americans to Fill the Temporary and Seasonal Harvest Jobs, Starting Next Month L.A. Times Article Published February 11, 2010 By P.J. [...]
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Beginning Farmer Project Grants Program Open for Proposals
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) February 10th, 2010 “USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has issued the 2010 Request [...]
Recommended Vegetable Varieties for Oregon’s Growing Regions
CORVALLIS, Ore.—Vegetable varieties adapted to local growing conditions produce the best yields in home gardens. The Oregon State University Extension Service recommends [...]
National Organic Coalition Approves of USDA’s new Access to Pasture Rule
National Organic Coalition Gives Thumbs Up to USDA ‘Access to Pasture’ Rule For Immediate Release Date: February 12, 2010 Contact: Liana [...]
Michelle Obama Announces New Online Food Environment Atlas – A Comprehensive Map-Based Database of Food Facts
Michelle Obama today announced an online Food Environment Atlas. The searchable maps in this comprehensive database made possible by the USDA Economic Research Service [...]
NAIS May be Done, but USDA Continues to Pursue Tracability Options
USDA Press Release No. 0053.10 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 USDA ANNOUNCES NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ANIMAL DISEASE TRACEABILITY WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, [...]
New York Times Report: USDA to Drop Plans for National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
February 5, 2010 U.S.D.A. Plans to Drop Program to Trace Livestock By WILLIAM NEUMAN “Faced with stiff resistance from ranchers and farmers, the Obama administration [...]
New Data From USDA Offers In-Depth Look at Organic Farming
USDA- NASS News Release [Ag Statistics Hotline: (800) 727-9540 • www.nass.usda.gov] Contact: Ellen Dougherty, (202) 690-8122 or Krissy Young, (202) 690-8123 New USDA Data [...]
NPR Story: For Cave Women, Farmers Had Extra Sex Appeal
by Richard Harris “Can a man’s technology make him more attractive to women? A new study says it can. But before you run out and upgrade your smart phone, take [...]
Upcoming Farming Events in Kansas City
Upcoming Events from the Kansas City Center For Urban Agriculture’s Excellent Bi-Monthly E-Newsletter: Urban Grown To view current and past issues of Urban Grown go to: [...]
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