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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Ag Subcommittee Examines Farm Bill Specialty Crop Provisions
Title X of the 2008 Farm Bill was the focus of a House Ag Subcommittee hearing Wednesday. The Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture took a look at the implementation of provisions regarding specialty crops, organic agriculture and plant pest and disease management. Chairman Dennis Cor... Continued...

First tuna farm in U.S. approved by Hawaii regulators
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted last week 4-to-1 to give Hawaii Oceanic Technology permission to install three large underwater cages for the tuna, the Associated Press reported. "But the board is requiring the company to return for permission to build an additional nine cages on... Continued...

Friday, October 23, 2009

FLAG Board Retirees and Family Farm Champion Award
ST. PAUL, MINN. At a celebration dinner following its annual in-person Board meeting held last week in Albany, Georgia, Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG), honored Shirley Sherrod and Betty Bailey, two long-time Board members who recently retired from FLAG's Board. Shirley Sherrod and Bett... Continued...

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Small Meat & Poultry Plant Talks Set
Meat and poultry producers from the 27 states that operate their own inspection services for meat and poultry processed by small plants whose sales are strictly intrastate get chances on Oct. 27 and Nov. 5 to advocate for cross-border sales. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to conduct tel... Continued...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Off Target - Major Retailer Accused of Organic Improprieties
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: A public interest group that focuses on food and agriculture, The Cornucopia Institute, announced this week that it had filed formal complaints with the USDA's organic program, and Wisconsin and Minnesota officials, alleging that Target Corporation has misled consumers into thinkin... Continued...

Friday, October 16, 2009

Healthy Corner Stores
You probably don’t think of your neighborhood corner store as the place to go for fresh fruits and vegetables. But as of August, it might be worth a second look. As a result of the new improved nutrition guidelines for Minnesota’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program (see Notables page 4 fo... Continued...

Illinois Awarded Specialty Crop Grants
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois has been awarded more than $435,000 through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill. The Illinois Department of Agriculture today announced 28 projects will receive a share of the funds, which are intended to expa... Continued...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

North Dakota to survey interest in local foods for schools
Even in an agricultural state like North Dakota, local food isn't landing on school lunch trays. "There are kids who don't know chicken comes from a bird; they think it comes from McDonald's," said Sue Balcom of the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. "I think people have forgotten what real ... Continued...

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Local delights in the lunchroom
It wouldn't seem hard to get fresh Minnesota corn on the cob into a school cafeteria. Yet it took federal grants, a group of concerned lunch ladies and some people who call themselves "foragers" to deliver sweet corn this Friday to students at dozens of schools statewide for the first time in recent... Continued...

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Food for the soul
To most Minnesotans, "church food" means Jell-O and hot dish. But it's taking on a new meaning for a fast-growing segment of the religious community, where a burgeoning connection between faith and food focuses on healthy eating. Churches aren't just talking about it; they're putting their brocc... Continued...