April 27, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement to examine the potential environmental impacts that may result from approving a petition from Bayer CropScience U.S. (Bayer) seeking deregulation of a maize …

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This week from A Greener World View as Webpage Photo Credit: The Lands at Hillside Farms in Shavertown, PA Dear Rebecca, Thanks to all who helped spread the word, donated and shared our posts this Earth Day. Special thanks goes to our Certified Regenerative by AGW pilot farms who helped fundraise—we are so grateful for …

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Date: April 23, 2021 Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending deregulation to J.R. Simplot Company’s (Simplot) potato variety developed using genetic engineering, designated as Snowden Z6 (Z6 potato). The potato variety is engineered for late blight protection, lowered reducing sugars, low acrylamide potential …

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If anything deserves a day of celebration and thanks, it’s the planet on which we all live. View as Webpage Happy Earth Day! If anything deserves a day of celebration and thanks, it’s the planet on which we all live and which provides so many things that enrich our lives. It’s also a day on …

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Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a Federal Register notice on March 8, 2021, reopening the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding whether to establish regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed using genetic engineering. USDA …

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Cheers to all of you who do your part to protect the planet Earth Week is a great time to think about ways we can all connect and support conservation. We hope that you'll join us in one or more of the following ways this week: Learning, Connecting, Exploring, Committing, and Giving. Visit our Earth …

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Farmer updates from AGW View as Webpage Photo Credit: Archway Farm in Keene, New Hampshire Dear Rebecca, Earth Day is coming up on Thursday, April 22, and the theme this year is Restore Our Earth. We know this is something you do every single day, and we want to make sure that other people know it …

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April 16, 2021 You Asked, Benefits.gov Answers: Unemployment FAQs

Permaculture: A Sustainable Living Methodology for the Home, Garden, and CommunityApril 14, 2021 at 10 amJoin Will Hooker, Professor Emeritus and Landscape Architect, for a webinar that provides an overview of permacultural practices and how they were implemented at his family’s home in Raleigh. Prof. Hooker describes the one-third of an acre property in Raleigh, a model of permaculture …

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and the latest updates from A Greener World View as Webpage Photo Credit: Green Dirt Farm in Weston, Missouri Dear Rebecca, I hope all of you have had a good week. Our marketing team wrapped up our grassfed series (thanks to all of you who gave us feedback and shared our content), and we’re moving …

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