David Graves, president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, D.C., is among 11 new members of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics advisory committee. He was appointed by Agricultural Secretary Ann Veneman to advise on USDA research, education and extension policies...
USDA seeks nominations to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the scope, timing, content, etc. of the periodic censuses and surveys of agriculture, other related USDA seeks nominations to the Advisory Committee...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture named the 23 members of its Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Advisory UFFVA Committee. USDA established the committee six months earlier with the approval of the UFFVA, which said the new group would provide a forum for input on the large number of USDA programs affecting...
FRUIT & VEGETABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: USDA intends to reestablish the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to examine the full spectrum of issues faced by the fruit and vegetable industry and provide su FRUIT & VEGETABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: USDA intends...
KETCHUM, Idaho -- An official with an environmental group that was one of 50 organizations to attack Idaho's proposed roadless plan in March says recent changes made to the plan by a federal advisory committee are an improvement but will mean little because they will likely be ignored by the...
Richard Hamilton, CEO of Ceres Inc., has been appointed to the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee for a three-year term. The committee assists the U.S. Energy and Agriculture departments in meeting goals for a healthier rural Hamilton economy and improved national energy security. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...
Brian Wansink, one of the nation's top experts on eating behaviors and the author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, hopes that in his new federal job he can take a stab at reversing the obesity epidemic. Wansink, who last week was named executive...
WITH THE DEATH OF GEORGE H. Dunklin of Pine Bluff on May 5, Arkansas lost another of its giants in agriculture and business. He lived a long life of 89 years. But his list of accomplishments also is long, and his impact on agriculture, banking, health care and...
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> A petition submitted by Idaho Governor Jim Risch to the U.S. Department of Agriculture would allow logging and/or road construction on more than 80 percent of the state's inventoried roadless areas in national forests. On Wednesday, Risch, a Republican, will be the first governor to...
The agricultural biotechnology industry faces a number of growing challenges in the next decade, but many opportunities, according to the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture, a group created by the United States Department of Agriculture. "U.S. regulations are evolving slowly and many governing statutes were written before...
Recently, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced the appointment of 20 members to the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. "During the many USDA farm bill forums held this year, I've heard from countless people who share my concern over the need to develop opportunities...
DIRECTOR NAMED: Deborah Cavett has been named executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities. Cavett comes to the U.S. Education Department post from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she was director of interagency initiatives and also served on the department's...
Newman named to ATAC Joel G. Newman, president, American Feed Industry Association AFIA, has been appointed to the U.S. Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee ATAC for Trade in Grains, Feed and oilseeds. The committee members will serve until May 2007. King joins faculty at University of Arkansas AOCS member Jerry King...
STANFORD, CALIF. -- In the ideologic tug-of-war among nutritionists about how best to help obese children, the 2005 federal dietary guidelines pull for controlling children's consumption of calories. "We emphasize that modest reductions in energy intake are appropriate" to reduce the BMI [body mass index] and the rate...
NEW ORLEANS, La., June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Commissioner Terry L.Peach of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestrywas selected as the new President of the Executive Advisory Committeeof the Southern U.S. Trade Association SUSTA. SUSTA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the export of high-valuefood and...
SPOTTED OWL PROTECTION. Speaking of protected species, the U.S. Agriculture Department says it plans to renew a federal advisory panel that deals with the northern spotted owl. The panel includes a representative from the Corps, as well as other agencies including the U.S. Forest Service and...
Jewish Exponent03-24-2005The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which is appointed by the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, recommends that older-adult guidelines include an increasedintake of vitamins D and B12, less sodium, regular exercise, as well as theavoidance of certain types of deli meats and other...
CQ Transcripts, Inc. .STX Statement of Dennis DeLaughter Rice Producer, Progressive Farm Management Committee on House Agriculture March 16, 2005 INTRODUCTION Good morning Mr. Chairman and Members if the Committee. I am Dennis DeLaughter, a rice farmer from Edna, Texas. I am the past...
DENVER, Dec. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Western Governors'Association has sent to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments ofInterior and Agriculture a report from WGA's forest health advisorycommittee on the progress made and improvements needed inimplementing the 10-Year Comprehensive Wildfire Strategy. TheGovernors, Secretaries and a number of affected entities...
* Content Verified, Inc., Carson, NV, helps evaluate and certify non-U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA regulated products, as well as products under the USDA's complex National Organic Program NOP and California Organic Products Act for organic compliance and compatibility. The company was recently created by former California Organic Products Advisory...
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