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2501 Program Funding Supports Aquaculture and Resilience in Hawaii and Micronesia

USDA Blog

Aquaculture is agriculture,” said Simon Ellis, executive director of The Marine and Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei (MERIP) based in Kolonia, a city on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

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Navigating Agricultural Financing as a Farmer: Challenges and Opportunities

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Occasionally as farmers and business owners, we need to find financing to support or grow our businesses. In this blog post, we'll explore what financing looks like for both lenders and agricultural producers and the steps to help you as a farmer find financing and other funding for your farm.

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Ag Transportation Working Group Letter

NASDA

Senate Committee on Finance U.S. House Committee on Agriculture U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Contact Information RJ Karney Sr.

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New Reports Examine Opportunity in Regenerative Agriculture

ATTRA

The Yale Center for Business and Environment released two new reports examining options to improve and advance regenerative agriculture practices, Bridging the Regenerative Agriculture Financing Gap and Surf to Turf: Linking Regenerative Agriculture and Restorative Aquaculture in Coastal Foodscapes.

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Letter Urging the Opening of Mexico International Rail Crossings

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Senate Committee on Finance U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Contact Information RJ Karney Sr.

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The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History

Civil Eats

Choice Canning, one of Walmart’s suppliers, misrepresented its practices to receive a Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, as the Ocean Outlaw Project reported. This is obscured to even a discerning reader of food labels. Read more: The Field Report: A Deadly Bird Flu Resurfaces How Will Bird Flu Affect Backyard Poultry?

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Water is Life. Water is Food. Leave No One Behind.

Food Tank

The organization Water.org , founded by Gary White and actor Matt Damon, is helping people in poverty access long-term water and sanitation by building accessible financing models. And plenty of inspiring efforts to conserve water are crossing national borders, too.

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