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Monday, March 8, 2010

Vietnam Feels the Heat of a 100-Year Drought
HANOI -- Every year, even at the peak of Vietnam's dry season, when the Red River is at its lowest, Hanoi's skilled captains manage to negotiate their flat-bottomed boats through its shallow waters. But this year, with a drought gripping the entire country and water levels at record lows, the river ... Continued...

Monday, February 22, 2010

Sue the farm bill?
The 2008 farm bill could be challenged in court on the basis that it is encouraging damage to the environment, according to an article published in the Harvard Law and Policy Review. The article lays out a legal strategy for attacking the bill under the National Environmental Policy Act, the law ... Continued...

Thursday, February 11, 2010

State and Local Governments Innovate to Cut Energy Waste
As federal policy to curb carbon emissions remains in limbo, a pack of state and local governments is experimenting with new ways to reduce energy waste. For many of them, fresh efforts to promote clean energy serve as a response to federal inaction. But there are also signs that Washington is wa... Continued...

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Campaign climate
Updated: 2/4/2010 Print E-mail del.icio.us Digg this 'AGRACRAT': Lincoln joins Republicans in supporting anti-EPA bill. WASHINGTON — A paper published by a think tank last month warned that Sen. Blanche Lincoln's ascendancy to the Agriculture Committee chairmanship was a ... Continued...

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility's Byrne talks progress on clean energy development
Watch video: http://www.eenews.net/tv/video_guide/1103 Delaware has led the way in fostering efficiency and sustainable energy development through its "Sustainable Energy Utility." How can other regions learn from Delaware's progress? During today's OnPoint, Dr. John Byrne, distinguished profess... Continued...

Friday, January 22, 2010

Senate Agriculture Committee’s 2010 Priorities
The New Year is upon us and Members of Congress are back in town ready to start back where they left off last session. But what does this mean for the Senate Agriculture Committee? We know the committee will take up the Child Nutrition Act reauthorization, there will also certainly be budget batt... Continued...

Monday, January 11, 2010

Farm Bureau Fires Back Against Climate Bill's 'Power Grab'
The largest U.S. farm group will "aggressively" fight back against any attempts to change the landscape of American agriculture -- including the farm bill or animal rights campaigns, American Farm Bureau Federation Bob Stallman said yesterday. In a fiery speech that kicked off the powerful farm l... Continued...

Saturday, December 26, 2009

West Central Tribune on the Milan SEU
MILAN -- West central Minnesota could soon be home to two ventures to promote renewable energy and conservation. Customers could own or lease photovoltaic panels in a solar farm that would provide electricity for the Kandiyohi Power Cooperative and Willmar Municipal Utilities. One of the nation's... Continued...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

State Sen. McDowell in Washington to discuss energy policy
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Harris McDowell (D-Wilmington North), chairman of the Delaware Senate's Energy and Transit Committee, is meeting with White House officials today in an effort to advance federal clean energy legislation in Congress. McDowell, who is also co-chair of Delaware's Sustainab... Continued...

Friday, October 16, 2009

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...

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Program to Promote Biobased Products Draws Praise From Iowans
Farm groups in Iowa and elsewhere welcomed the recent announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that USDA has published a draft rule in the Federal Register regarding USDA's proposed label for identifying biobased products. The drafting of rules for the voluntary label is vie... Continued...

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

McDowell touts Sustainable Energy Utility program at UD
UNIVERSITY OF DEL. - Sen. Harris B. McDowell III, D-Wilmington North, a nationally-respected leader in energy policy told a group at UD's third Energy and Sustainability Conference on Wednesday that a one-stop shopping approach, such as the one set up by the state's Sustainable Energy Utility, is... Continued...

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Solving the transportation problem for organic foods
RUSHFORD -- Farmers in southeastern Minnesota hope to capitalize on a growing interest in local foods and have launched a trucking business to haul their produce directly to offices in the Twin Cities. Jack Hedin owns Featherstone Farm, an organic farm in Rushford. In the cold sorting room, work... Continued...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Cirebon farmers to replace rice with secondary crops
Farmers in Cirebon regency, a center for rice production in West Java, have begun to replace their rice crops with secondary crops in anticipation of a prolonged dry season caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon. The shift from rice to secondary crops will also break a chain of pest attacks ex... Continued...

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Top UN climate expert faults G-8 goal without deed
UNITED NATIONS — The chairman of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Monday that the Group of Eight nations had "clearly ignored" taking any concrete action to accomplish its new goal of limiting climate change. Rajendra Pachauri, whose scientific panel shared the Nobel Peace ... Continued...

Top UN climate expert faults G-8 goal without deed
UNITED NATIONS — The chairman of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Monday that the Group of Eight nations had "clearly ignored" taking any concrete action to accomplish its new goal of limiting climate change. Rajendra Pachauri, whose scientific panel shared the Nobel Peace ... Continued...

Monday, July 20, 2009

A dozen mini Farmers Markets bring local produce to Minneapolis neighborhoods
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Mini Farmers Market Project has kicked off another successful season, doubling in size from six markets in 2008 to 12 markets in 2009. Located in Minneapolis neighborhoods with limited access to healthy foods, the mini farmers markets feature five or ... Continued...

Senate Agriculture Panel Begins to Stake Its Claim in Climate Bill
Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee will vet options this week for the sweeping energy and climate bill, which they are expected to play a significant role in shaping. The panel will have a hearing Wednesday to explore the role for agriculture and forestry in climate change legislation. T... Continued...

Friday, July 17, 2009

Climate change dividing farm groups?
The climate change legislation now before the Senate has succeeded in doing something neither the nation’s environmental groups or the Bush administration could do: Create fault lines in the farm bloc. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, H.R. ... Continued...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Farm to Plate empowers ag-related businesses
ADDISON COUNTY, VT — In a year when dismal federal milk prices have slammed Vermont’s dairy industry, unmooring the cornerstone of Vermont’s agricultural industry, some state legislators might be hard pressed to sound a note of optimism about the future of agriculture in Vermont. Not Rep. Christ... Continued...