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NFU Salutes National Ag Day; Organization Well Positioned to Drive the Future of Agriculture for Family Farmers, Ranchers
2015-03-18 21:27:43| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (March 18, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson saluted National Ag Day and said that NFU is working hard to push for policies that will bring jobs, prosperity and new talent to Americas family farms and ranches. NFU and its
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Agriculture Summit Connects Growers, Processors, Buyers
2015-03-18 17:53:04| Grocery - Topix.net
The Pure Michigan Agriculture Summit takes place Thursday at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids. The event is hosted by Pure Michigan Business Connect, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and The Right Place Inc. The state says grocers and institutional buyers participating in the summit include Meijer, Kroger, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, the University of Michigan and The Henry Ford.
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Agriculture Bears Major Brunt of Disaster Impacts
2015-03-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Nearly a quarter of damages wrought by natural disasters on the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector according to initial results from a new FAO study released at the UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Permaculture Film Offers Bold New Solution in Regenerative Agriculture
2015-03-17 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Everywhere you hear that we need to minimize our footprint and reduce our impact. But what if we turned that kind of thinking on its head? What if, as Bill McDonough says, instead of trying to be less bad, we try to be more good. What if our footprints became beneficial? What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet? This is the premise of a new movie Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective, which will have its worldwide digital premiere on Earth Day,...
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Agriculture: Meat industry report backs co-op model
2015-03-17 03:56:33| Food - Topix.net
At the current price of $82 for a 17kg lamb, farmers were not covering their cost of production. Photo / NZME.
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