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Archive for the 'Specialty Crops' Category
Washington DC - March 2 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched USDA’s Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program to help American agricultural producers adjust to the current, challenging economic environment.
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Washington DC - February 1 - USDA announces the availability of approximately $55 million for block grants to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture).
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Washington DC - November 19 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has awarded more than $46 million through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) to solve critical specialty crop agriculture issues.
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Washington DC - October 16 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced the award of 55 grants totaling approximately $49 million for 745 projects to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops.
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Washington DC - April 24 - This spring, USDA will conduct the first-ever, wide-scale survey of organic farming in the United States, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced, to find out how the growth of organic farming is changing the face of U.S. agriculture.
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Washington DC - June 16- With summer in full swing, now is a good time to visit your local farmers market, according to Ann Harvey Yonkers of FRESHFARM Markets in Washington DC.
Demand for fresh, locally-grown farm products continues to increase in the United States, Yonkers says, and farmers markets offer the opportunity for consumers to meet the regional farmers and growers who sell what they grow, raise or produce on their farm.
Yonkers made the comments during an interview at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market in Washington DC. You can listen to the entire interview right now at WashingtonView.com.
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For more information on farmers markets, go to www.freshfarmmarkets.org or www.localharvest.org
Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.
Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 21- Getting a Farm Bill passed yet this year is a top priority for the National Farmers Union (NFU). Tom Buis, President of NFU, told WashingtonView Radio today that the House and Senate need to come to an agreement soon.
Listen to NFU Tom Buis interview NOW at: www.blogtalkradio.com/washingtonview
Washington DC -April 13- Consumers and producers continue to search for the best quality food to bring to the dinner table, and the growing niche market for those products is the topic of this week’s WashingtonView Radio Program.
Our guest is Mary Ellen Taylor of Endless Summer Harvest (www.esharvest.com), a hydroponic lettuce and herb producer in northern Virginia which provides consumers and upscale restaurants in Washington DC, high-quality produce grown year-round.
Listen to the program now at WashingtonView Radio
Washington DC -March 31- On the heels of last year’s record-high corn production, U.S. farmers intend to plant 8 percent fewer corn acres in 2008, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 5- At the request of senior House and Senate agriculture committee staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a detailed document developed from Administration analysis of impacts to current USDA programs - in the absence of enactment of a new farm bill or an extension of the 2002 farm bill past March 15, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 5- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 3- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 26- South Florida beekeeper David Rukin is the first recipient of a low interest rate, long-term loan from Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket, as part of a company-wide initiative supporting local agriculture and food producers. Read the rest of this entry »