Don't miss CFSA's food and farming questions to ask before the primaries! View this email in your browser Dear Rebecca, Happy New Year from CFSA’s policy team! We’re excited about this important upcoming election year. Last month, we launched our 2020 Questions for Candidates (more info below) as a resource for eaters and voters. We …

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January Focus On Farming from A Greener World January 2020 2020 Good Food Awards recognition goes to Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW The 2020 Good Food Awards ceremony took place on January 17 at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. Winners were chosen from 417 finalists representing 43 states, selected from …

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USDA Seeks Input on New Ethanol Sales Infrastructure Incentive Program WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input to help with the creation of the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), a new program that will expand the availability of domestic ethanol and biodiesel by incentivizing the expansion …

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Advance payments fund EQIP conservation practices up front for Historically Underserved Producers. Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage. USDA Reminds Historically Underserved Producers of Advance Payment Option NRCS reminds historically underserved producers, who are participating in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) of the advance payment option. This option allows them to …

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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Today, in recognition of January 2020 as National Biotechnology Month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation. The Website streamlines information about the three regulatory agencies …

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USDA Still Accepting Applications for Trade Mission to North Africa The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recruiting interested U.S. exporters for its first 2020 trade mission, which will take place in Casablanca, Morocco, March 16-19. The mission will focus on boosting U.S. agricultural exports to all of North Africa and will include interested buyers not …

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Plant Guides provide valuable information to conservation planners, researchers, and others using plants in natural resource conservation projects. Over 500 plant guides are available through the NRCS PLANTS Database. You are subscribed to HQ Plants for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.