February 03, 2010

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OregonLive.com FoodHub links Northwest fresh food buyers with producers OregonLive.com From her viewpoint -- she's deputy undersecretary for marketing with the US Department of Agriculture -- the metro area's embrace of locally grown food is ... "Northwest Bakery ISO Local, ... [visit site]

Obama slashes agriculture budget Early County News The Georgia Peanut Commission is encouraging Congress to reject the Presidents FY 2011 budget proposal which includes deep agricultural cuts. ... and more » [visit site]

Reuters South Africa Zimbabwe: Made Calls for Grain Imports AllAfrica.com ... importing grain to avert food shortages stemming from erratic rains Zimbabwe received this farming season, Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has said. ... Food Security Experts Paint Grim Picture of ... [visit site]

Reuters South Africa Half population of south Sudan short of food -UN Reuters ... have made almost half the population of the south short of food," southern Sudan Agriculture and Forestry Minister Samson Kwaje said in a statement. ... Dire ... [visit site]

Black farmers look to Obama to resolve discrimination suits The Hill First he tried for the agriculture appropriations bill, then the defense spending bill and finally the House-passed jobs bill, but found no success in the ... USDA's New Budget ... [visit site]

Mid-South Farmer WVU gets million to study animal health phillyBurbs.com The funding from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture is part of million in grants awarded to universities across ... NIFA Awards Funding ... [visit site]

Modesto Bee US Taking Another Look at Scotland's Haggis ABC News But word that the US Department of Agriculture would reconsider its ban — which dates to the UK's mad cow disease scare of the late 1980s — did stir ... [visit site]

Kansas City Star First Lady Takes on Childhood Obesity FOXNews (blog) The First Lady was joined by six members of Congress and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services. First lady leads fight against youths' obesitySan Francisco ... [visit site]

Royal Gazette 'Agri-hypocrites' attack Obama's cuts in aid to farmers Washington Post And, sensibly, President Obama has proposed agriculture subsidy cuts this year. His budget would reduce the cap on direct payments from 000 to 000 per ... Obama's Proposed ... [visit site]