National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Specific to meat supply chains, it provides grants and resources for small- to medium-sized meat and poultry processors, focusing on expanding processing capacity through equipment upgrades and worker training (Sec. 12103, 7124). This includes short-term staff training and workforce development grants directed towards community colleges.

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Civil Eats

MAY 15, 2024

Waterfowl—ducks, geese, and swans—are the primary host of the viruses, and large animal agriculture facilities are often found in close proximity to their remaining wetland habitats. poultry production. have been farmworkers in the dairy and poultry industries. have been farmworkers in the dairy and poultry industries.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Collecting that farm-level data is a critical missing piece in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) five-year plan , launched in 2019, to improve “antimicrobial stewardship” in animal agriculture, advocates say. Now, the deadline is approaching. Neither effort has proven very effective. It’s really good data.”

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The world produces enough food to feed everyone, if distributed equally,’” Barnett writes, quoting the founders of Food Not Bombs. Pandemic-era distribution efforts showed us what’s possible in terms of food rescue, and AI is already in the kitchen tracking scraps. agricultural and foreign policy. And she could.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

We’ve known for a very long time that the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture is really problematic for public health. the largest volume of antibiotics are used in animal agriculture. Also, the preventive dosing of animals with medically important drugs—that is, drugs for treating humans— is still routine.

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Supply Chain Food Animal Agriculture Farming 145

Agwired

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $11.04 million in funding to support dairy businesses and producers under the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives (DBI) grant program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the U.S.

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Agwired

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Harris campaign rhetoric unfairly targets the meat and poultry industry and does not match the facts. Established in 2007 by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF), the scholarship recognizes outstanding graduate students pursuing careers in meat science and animal agriculture. Farr Scholarship program.

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Cattle Animal Agriculture Science Production 45

Agwired

MARCH 3, 2025

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. nominated by the Tennessee Poultry Association, was one of three farms across the U.S. Holden Farms in Obion County, Tenn.,

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But the role of agriculture in climate change, including animal agriculture, was not a significant part of the public conversation back then. The narrative around meat in America was shifting. The issue of climate change began to emerge in the national consciousness in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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