November 25, 2024 | View as Webpage As the holidays approach, we want to pause and thank all of you who make up our community… We are thankful for our donors, members, and funders. The Xerces Society is a donor-supported nonprofit organization, and our financial supporters make everything we …
Month: November 2024
USDA Accepting Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Guatemala
USDA Accepting Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Guatemala WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications for a trade mission to Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 3-7, 2025. Current and potential U.S. exporters interested in participating should apply for consideration by December 3. "We are excited to …
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HPAI Risk Rising!⚠️ Defend against wild birds + disease this migratory season.
Read it Now >> In our latest newsletter, Julianna Lenoch, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, National Coordinator for APHIS' Wildlife Services, offers pro tips for protecting poultry from disease during the fall migratory season. At the start of autumn, hundreds of thousands of wild birds in the U.S. migrate north to south. And because some of them …
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Registration Open for the 2025 Chatham County Beekeeping School
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Chatham County Beekeepers’ Association (CCBA), is excited to announce that registration is open for our 2025 in-person eight-week beekeeping school! Dates: Mondays, 6:30-9:00 p.m. from January 13-March 10, 2025 Please note: no class on Monday, January 20, 2025 for observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday; March 17, 2025 …
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USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Backyard Non-Poultry Flock in Hawaii
Contacts: APHISpress WASHINGTON, [November 18, 2024] – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in Honolulu County, Hawaii. This is the first case of HPAI in domestic birds in Hawaii during this …
USDA Trade Mission to Expand Exports to Morocco and West Africa
USDA Trade Mission to Expand Exports to Morocco and West Africa WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2024 – Representatives from nearly 50 U.S. agribusinesses and trade groups and 14 state departments of agriculture will travel to Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2-5, as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mission to expand U.S. farm and food exports …
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Labeling Assistance grants, Holiday Product Promotion, Proof of Purchase
plus the latest news from the AGW farmer network View as Webpage Photo Credit: Swallowtail Farm in Alachua, FL Dear Dennis, A lot has happened in the past few weeks. A tumultuous U.S. election, global climate talks, still more extreme and unseasonable weather impacting farmers and communities. With all of the uncertainty around and …
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Working together, we can halt the loss of critical species (corrected version)
November 14, 2024 | View as Webpage Dear Small , The Xerces Society is making headway toward a healthier, more livable future for bees, butterflies, and other invertebrates. Every day, we continue to grow a movement of people who recognize the interdependence between humans, invertebrates, and the well-being of the …
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Working together, we can halt the loss of critical species
November 14, 2024 | View as Webpage Dear First Name, The Xerces Society is making headway toward a healthier, more livable future for bees, butterflies, and other invertebrates. Every day, we continue to grow a movement of people who recognize the interdependence between humans, invertebrates, and the well-being of the …
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NEWS RELEASE – Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act Tops $1 Billion in Clean Energy Investments to Nearly 7,000 American Farms and Rural Small Businesses
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. NEWS RELEASE Biden-Harris Administration's Inflation Reduction Act Tops $1 Billion in Clean Energy Investments to Nearly 7,000 American Farms and Rural Small Businesses Latest Investments Will Bring Clean Energy, Lower Costs and New Jobs through 1,147 Farm and Business Projects in 40 States WASHINGTON, …
North Carolina Small Farm Association 