Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation

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…Funding Availability for the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program, with $5 million available. Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP): On March 10, 2014, FNS released an Implementation Memorandum to States…

Leopold Conservation Award Nominations Now Accepted

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…line and our environment. Our award recipients are ambassadors of natural resources management and its critical importance to the entire community of the United States. This is their story. www.leopoldconservationaward.org…

Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss New CDFA Water Program

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…information about this program, including a conceptual framework of the grant program, will be available at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/H2O_EandE.html Program implementation will be on or before July 1, 2014. Visit www.Drought.CA.Gov to…

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Processed Egg Products Unfit For Human Consumption

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…products. As a consequence, FSIS intends to take appropriate action to remove the products from commerce. FSIS issued the original recall because the company allegedly recorded false laboratory results. The…

EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Clarify Protection for Nation’s Streams and Wetlands

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…provide many benefits to communities – they trap floodwaters, recharge groundwater supplies, remove pollution, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. They are also economic drivers because of their role…