Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear BRS Stakeholder, On July 2, 2015, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) directed the primary agencies that regulate the products of biotechnology—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—to update the …
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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has preliminarily determined that it will extend deregulation to two lines of genetically engineered (GE) potatoes developed by J.R. Simplot Company for late blight resistance, low acrylamide potential, …
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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Release No. 0203.16 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 Heather Hartley, Ohio (614) 255-2394 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces USDA Funding for Ohio Hospital Facility Will Receive More Than $54 Million in Loan Assistance and Bring Medical Expertise to Rural Areas, Including Substance Use Disorder …
If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online Register by Oct. 17 and Save! THE FARM & FOOD EVENT OF THE YEAR Returns to Durham, NC November 4-6 http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/sac The Sustainable Agriculture Conference brings together over 1,200 beginning and experienced farmers, agripreneurs and ag-tivists, health advocates and gardeners, consumers and homesteaders, …
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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Release No. 0119.16 Latawnya Dia 202-720-7962 Latawnya.Dia USDA Designates 11 Parishes in Louisiana as Primary Natural Disaster Areas with Assistance to Producers in Texas WASHINGTON, Sep. 22, 2016 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 11 parishes in Louisiana as primary natural …
Contact: Amy Slusher (202) 720-6211 USDA Accepting Applications for Facility Guarantee Program NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for projects funded under the Facility Guarantee Program (FGP). Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Jonathan Cordone made the announcement today at the U.S.-Africa Business …
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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Release No. 0200.16 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 press@oc.usda.gov USDA Announces Nearly $13 Million in Funding for Four Tribal Projects in Minnesota RED LAKE, Minn., Sept. 19, 2016 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced funding to help the Red Lake …
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Release No. 0201.16 Contact: Christine Feroli (202) 401-0080 USDA Funds 18 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects in 16 States Projects use telecommunications to bring medical expertise to rural areas, including substance misuse treatment WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced …
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