Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Governor Baldacci Calls Attention to Asian Longhorned Beetle
AUGUSTA - Governor John E. Baldacci today joined officials from the Maine Department of Agriculture Maine Department of Conservation, United States Forest Service and Maine Forest Service to kick off an education campaign about the Asian Longhorned Beetle.
Association Between Sugar Consumption And Race/Ethnicity, Family
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The intake of added sugars in the United States is excessive, estimated by the US Department of Agriculture in 1999-2002 as 17% of calories a day. Consuming foods with added sugars displaces nutrient-dense foods in the diet. Reducing or limiting ...Source :
U.S. ready to help address Africa's food problems - Reuters AlertNet
NAIROBI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The United States wants to cut Africa's dependence on food handouts and adopt a sustainable approach to tackling the continent's chronic food shortages, its agriculture secretary said on Tuesday. President Barack Obama said ...
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Forests fall to beetle outbreak
MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, Wyoming (Reuters) - From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce. But this is a ...
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Free Trade in Agriculture : a Bad Idea Whose Time is Done
Grain traders and food processing companies in both the United States and Europe saw the potential of multilateral rules to free trade in agriculture, as a way to lower commodity prices and to facilitate their move into increasingly ...
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Monday, August 3, 2009
History of lemonade
The very first uses for the lemon in the Mediterranean were as an ornamental plant in early Islamic gardens. Tracking the progress of the lemon tree from its origin in Assam and northern Burma to China, across Persia and the Arab world to the Mediterranean, is difficult because of the lemon’s adaptability to hybridization. This has caused problems for the horticulturist (a variety might not take to a new land), the food historian (unclear references--for example, the “round citron”), and the taxonomist (a proliferation of botanical terms). Although the citron--like a lemon but larger, with a very thick rind and very little pulp or juice--seems to have been known by the ancient Jews before the time of Christ, and perhaps dispersed in the Mediterranean by them, the lemon seems not to have been known in pre-Islamic times. Ilaria Gozzini Giacosa is wrong to claim in her book A Taste of Ancient Rome, that the Romans grew the lemon... source :
Pic :Lemonade Tree in California (credit : wselman)
Value of land for animals, agriculture creates issues
David Hedlin, a third generation Skagit Valley farmer, signed up for the experiment three years ago, covering three of his fields with salt water a few ...
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Spencer County Livestock Farmer Certified by ISDA
| The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) recently certified Bill Tempel, a Spencer County livestock producer, for his adoption of progressive farm ... Hoosier Ag Today |
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Fields of dirt have become the Coastal Bend harvest.
The lack of rain in the past 10 or so months killed most of the plants before they broke through the surface. Those that did manage to grow had short stalks with little production.
This year’s drought has further stressed farmers who haven’t fully recovered from a devastating drought three years ago.
In 2007 the area saw a wetter-than-average summer, and last year’s conditions were below average, so it was considered a partially bad year.
Scott Frazier saw 30 percent of his grain come up. The grain that did bloom produced about 30 percent of what it would under normal conditions, said the Nueces County farmer.
Only about 5 percent of his cotton crops came up, and they are producing about 25 percent of their average yield. Grain fared better because it’s a bit more tolerant than cotton and a few showers here and there helped, Frazier said.
Troy Nedbalek, president of the San Patricio County Farm Bureau, said the area is seeing lower-than-average yields for grain sorghum and cotton, the two prevalent crops in the Coastal Bend.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Farmer's Market at Brookside
Several booths are run by New Roots for Refugees, a group co-sponsored by Catholic Charities and the NE Kansas Center for Urban Agriculture. ... |
2009 Ohio State Fair review
2009 Ohio State Fair review The poor variety and quality of the food here is even more disappointing considering its location in the Agriculture and Horticulture Building, ... |
Animal Welfare Aspects of Good Agricultural Practice pig farming
Animal Welfare Aspects of Good Agricultural Practice pig farming
Group figures out why fields fluctuate
| Great Falls Tribune "There's a lot of variation in a typical 320-acre field," said Carter area farmer Darin Arganbright, president of the Precision Agriculture Research ... |
USDA increases price supports to aid struggling dairy farmers
USDA increases price supports to aid struggling dairy farmers
Friday, July 31, 2009
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK NAMES ADDITIONAL STAFF AT USDA
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK NAMES ADDITIONAL STAFF AT USDA
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the names of five additional people who will hold staff positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"I'm pleased to announce additional USDA staff who will work with President Obama and me to help move our country forward," said Vilsack. "Together we can make progress in building stronger rural communities, improving the environment, and ensuring our food supply remains safe, sustainable and nutritious."
FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
Pat Engel – Senior Advisor, Risk Management Agency (RMA). Formerly with Amplify Public Affairs, LLC, in Washington, D.C., Engel is a specialist in third party relations. She leveraged her expertise in rural and agricultural issues to provide third party stakeholder management to rural and agricultural groups as well as supporting corporate clients. Earlier Engel served with USDA as the External Affairs Director of RMA. Engel was the assistant director of Student Services of Monroe College where she helped design an educationally viable, cost-effective student tutoring center. Engel holds an undergraduate degree from the Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. Engel and her husband of almost 30 years, Congressman Eliot Engel, have three children.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Michael Martinez – Special Assistant, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Martinez has served at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in a variety of roles, including project and team management, environmental policy, and real estate program administration. Martinez earned a Juris Doctor degree from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minn. He earned a B.S. degree in natural resource recreation planning and management from the University of Illinois, and a M.A. in environmental studies from Northeastern Illinois University.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Jenny Montoya Tansey – Special Assistant, Rural Housing. Born and raised in Albuquerque, N.M., Tansey received her bachelor's degree from Columbia University and her law degree from Stanford Law School. Upon receiving her J.D., she joined President Obama's primary field campaign in Nevada in July 2007.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Vianca Monet Dyer – Staff Assistant, Office of Congressional Relations. Dyer most recently served as the greetings coordinator for the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. Prior to that, she was a Staff Assistant in U.S. Senator Barack Obama's Washington D.C. office and formerly interned in his Chicago office. A native of San Diego, Calif., Dyer earned her B.S. in Communication Studies with a double major in Political Science from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Chad Maisel – Staff Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary. Prior to joining USDA, Maisel served on the Presidential Inaugural Committee for the National Day of Service. He worked on the 2008 campaign for approximately 18 months as regional field director for the Obama campaign in Ohio and as a staffer for Hillary Clinton's primary bid in several states, beginning in Iowa. While in college, he interned in the Washington offices of Sen. Jon Corzine (NJ) and Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ). Maisel, of Princeton, N.J., is a graduate of Emory University, with majors in Political Science and Spanish.
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272(voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).WASHINGTON, July 31, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the names of five additional people who will hold staff positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"I'm pleased to announce additional USDA staff who will work with President Obama and me to help move our country forward," said Vilsack. "Together we can make progress in building stronger rural communities, improving the environment, and ensuring our food supply remains safe, sustainable and nutritious."
FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
Pat Engel – Senior Advisor, Risk Management Agency (RMA). Formerly with Amplify Public Affairs, LLC, in Washington, D.C., Engel is a specialist in third party relations. She leveraged her expertise in rural and agricultural issues to provide third party stakeholder management to rural and agricultural groups as well as supporting corporate clients. Earlier Engel served with USDA as the External Affairs Director of RMA. Engel was the assistant director of Student Services of Monroe College where she helped design an educationally viable, cost-effective student tutoring center. Engel holds an undergraduate degree from the Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. Engel and her husband of almost 30 years, Congressman Eliot Engel, have three children.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Michael Martinez – Special Assistant, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Martinez has served at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in a variety of roles, including project and team management, environmental policy, and real estate program administration. Martinez earned a Juris Doctor degree from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minn. He earned a B.S. degree in natural resource recreation planning and management from the University of Illinois, and a M.A. in environmental studies from Northeastern Illinois University.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Jenny Montoya Tansey – Special Assistant, Rural Housing. Born and raised in Albuquerque, N.M., Tansey received her bachelor's degree from Columbia University and her law degree from Stanford Law School. Upon receiving her J.D., she joined President Obama's primary field campaign in Nevada in July 2007.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Vianca Monet Dyer – Staff Assistant, Office of Congressional Relations. Dyer most recently served as the greetings coordinator for the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. Prior to that, she was a Staff Assistant in U.S. Senator Barack Obama's Washington D.C. office and formerly interned in his Chicago office. A native of San Diego, Calif., Dyer earned her B.S. in Communication Studies with a double major in Political Science from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Chad Maisel – Staff Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary. Prior to joining USDA, Maisel served on the Presidential Inaugural Committee for the National Day of Service. He worked on the 2008 campaign for approximately 18 months as regional field director for the Obama campaign in Ohio and as a staffer for Hillary Clinton's primary bid in several states, beginning in Iowa. While in college, he interned in the Washington offices of Sen. Jon Corzine (NJ) and Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ). Maisel, of Princeton, N.J., is a graduate of Emory University, with majors in Political Science and Spanish.
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