NSAC News: Research Grants, Crop Insurance Reform, SARE
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Weekly News Roundup April 5-April 9, 2010 This was another slow week in the capitol, with Congress out in the second week of [...]
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MISSOULA COUNTY IS LOSING FERTILE GROUND – LOCAL GROUP CALLS ON COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wed., April 7, 2010 CONTACTS: Paul Hubbard, Community Food & Agriculture Coalition (CFAC), 543-0542; Neva Hassanein, UM Environmental Studies, [...]
Senators Support Continued Innovation in Agriculture
From The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) April 1st, 2010 Eighteen Senators have signed-on to a bipartisan letter spearheaded by Senators Leahy (D-VT) and [...]
Alliance for Food and Farming Report Identifies Sources of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
WATSONVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help guide farmers in their efforts to reduce foodborne illness, The Alliance for Food and Farming today released an [...]
New Issue of ‘Ag Opportunities’ from Missouri Extension
The April 2010 issue of Ag Opportunities is now available online at https://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/agopp/index.htm Goats Require Minimal Investment But Extension Specialist [...]
Hardy Cotton-Munching Pests Are Latest Blow to GM Crops
Science 19, March 2010: Vol. 327. no. 5972, p. 1439 News of the Week – India: Hardy Cotton-Munching Pests Are Latest Blow to GM Crops By Pallava Bagla Monsanto has [...]
DOE, USDA, and NSF Launch Joint Climate Change Prediction Research Program
New interagency program to generate high-resolution tools to address climate change Washington, DC – The U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture and the National [...]
Video: “A Common Field” – Kentucky Training Program For Beginning Farmers
Thanks to a $750,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service is offering a comprehensive training program [...]
Demand from students, farmers and schools grows for farm to school programs
Press Release: March 9, 2010; Contact: Ben Lilliston, (612) 870-3416, ben@iatp.org Farm to school efforts double in Minnesota: Demand from students, farmers and schools grows [...]
Community Food Enterprise: Examining the Role of CFEs in Local Economic Development
From The Wallace Center at Winrock International MISSED THE JANUARY EVENT? WATCH IT ONLINE! This past January, the Wallace Center at Winrock International and the Business [...]
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