Pasteurization Destroys HPAI and USDA on Healthy School Meals
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Cage-Free Hens Percentage Grows and USDA Grants for School Lunches
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced two new grant opportunities plus a training and technical assistance partnership to help schools continue to invest in nutritious school meals.
Ag News: Farmers to Families Food Box Support
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture sent a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to support the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program.
Ag News: Alabama Farmers Fed Reelects President
Alabama’s largest farm organization reelected President Jimmy Parnell to a fifth two-year term during the Alabama Farmers Federation’s 99th annual meeting in Montgomery Monday.
Produce Safety Standards; U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
**State agencies that are beginning to implement new produce safety and other standards required by the Food Safety Modernization Act will need a lot more money in fiscal 2018.
That’s according to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in its annual appropriations letter to Congress...