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28 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the release of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at Farmers Markets: A How-To Handbook. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 6:28 am
A recent audit conducted by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Inspector General finds that beef containing harmful "residues" (pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals) has been sold to the public.The reason? [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 9:03 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture (USDA) money was not disclosed but it will support efforts in Georgia, Egypt, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Rwanda and Malawi. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 7:13 am by kroberts@bc-cm.com
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) published in the Federal Register a notice of available funds regarding the Biofuel Production Incentive (BPI) for companies refining biofuel from certain domestically grown feedstocks. [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture, FSIS Docket Clerk, Room 2-2127, George Washington Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Mailstop 5272, Beltsville, MD 20705; or by e-mail to fsis.regulationscomments@fsis.usda.gov. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 10:15 am
Native American farmers have been involved in a decade-long lawsuit that alleges the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) discriminated against Indian farmers and ranchers in disbursing funds made available through the USDA's Farm Service Agency. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 11:29 pm
The case involves a request for agricultural data from the Department of Agriculture for data related to farm subsidies. [read post]
Three wildlife conservation groups Wednesday sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in the US District Court for the District of Montana over a predator removal program which the groups argue harms “native wildlife, predator conservation, grizzly bears, and grizzly bear conservation. [read post]
19 Jul 2023, 2:30 pm by Eugene Volokh
[UPDATE: link fixed]: This case concerns whether, under the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, Defendants the United States' Department of Agriculture ("USDA") and the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may use a "rebuttable presumption" of social disadvantage for certain minority groups to qualify them for inclusion in a federal program that awards government contracts on a preferred basis to businesses… [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 9:00 pm by Dan Flynn
Codex office, including more than 140 interviews of stakeholders, congressional staff, department officials and former U.S. agriculture secretaries. [read post]
3 May 2011, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS), was unveiled Monday.Simply put, food deserts are areas where people have limited access to affordable and nutritious foods.Under the government's definition, which was developed by the departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services and USDA, a food desert is a low-income census tract where either a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or… [read post]
29 Jul 2024, 6:58 am by Bill Marler
The Agriculture Department estimates 125,000 infections from chicken and 43,000 from turkey each year. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Department of Agriculture regulates are not easy questions to answer. [read post]
17 May 2023, 9:05 pm by Victoria Hawekotte
Department of Agriculture (USDA) for joint regulation is both unnecessary and inappropriate. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 9:27 pm by Ben Vernia
Department of Agriculture (USDA)-owned nonfat dry milk that was earmarked for livestock producers in designated states. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 7:22 am
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has penned an editorial for the Des Moines Register online that urges “an overhaul of our approach to economic development in rural America is long overdue. [read post]
17 Nov 2022, 9:06 pm by Coral Beach
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports that it is investigating an outbreak of infections from E. coli O157:H7, but has not reported how many people are sick. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 9:47 am by Jaimie Cremeans
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] gave final approval [opinion, PDF] Thursday to a $1.25 billion settlement for black farmers who were discriminated against by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) [official website] in disbursement loans and other forms of relief. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 7:58 am
Speaking to roughly 500 people attending the convention of the National Farmers Union,US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack said that while farming, in general, has become more efficient, rural America has not reaped the economic rewards.As Steve Miller highlights in his article for the Rapid City Journal, back in 1950 one American farmer could supply enough food for 20 Americans. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 10:00 pm
Morgan Lewis partner Robert Hibbert and associate Maria Kalousi-Tatum authored a Food Safety Magazine article about a petition asking the US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to issue an interpretive rule declaring 31 Salmonella serovars as per se adulterants in meat and poultry products. [read post]