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Sep 9, 2009

Bridging the GAPs: Strategies to Improve Produce Safety, Preserve Farm Diversity and Strengthen Local Food Systems

In the absence of federal regulations governing food safety at the farm level, a growing number of wholesale and institutional produce buyers are requiring farmers to comply with a food safety protocol and pass a third party audit in order to sell their product.
Sep 9, 2009

Family farm, ag groups push to restrict overuse of antibiotics for animals

by
Andrew Ranallo
Numerous agriculure and family farm organizations have issued a letter to President Barack Obama and Senate leaders urging support for the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) S. 619, in an effort to reduce the widespread overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture.
Sep 4, 2009

Farm to Fork Dilemmas for Food Safety

Farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSAs) are the ultimate in food traceability. But they make up only a tiny portion of the food system. The rest is more difficult. There's been a decade-old global push for an integrated food safety system from farm to fork.
Sep 3, 2009

Washington Forests Can Sustain Biofuels - Study

Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles.
Sep 3, 2009

Seeing The Tree From The Forest: Predicting The Future Of Plant Communities

he ability to envisage the future may be closer than you would think.
Sep 3, 2009

State Foresters Applaud USDA Secretary Vilsack's 'All-lands' Approach to Nation's Forests

a recent letter to U.S Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) applauded the new vision he shared for America's forests during an August 14 address in Seattle.
Sep 3, 2009

Endowment and Partners Announce Plan for Conservation Easement Database (U.S.)

The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment), with generous support of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, today announced a collaborative initiative to create the first national database of conservation easement information.Trust for Public Land
Sep 3, 2009

Wood-to-oil process could make forest thinning pay (Ore.)

Umpqua soil scientist puts a new twist on an old technologyAshland Daily Times