NSAC Archives for July, 2009
Weekly Update – July 20-24, 2009
Monday, July 27th, 2009
ACTION NEEDED Food Safety Bill on House Floor Tomorrow! As we go to press, we are waiting for more information about any changes made to HR 2749 — the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 — before it goes to the floor of the House tomorrow. Please stay tuned for an action alert from us Read the Rest…
Weekly Update – July 13-17, 2009
Monday, July 20th, 2009
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT NSAC Releases Agriculture & Climate Change Position Paper: NSAC has finalized our climate change position paper entitled Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and Opportunities at the Farm Level. The paper details the superior performance of sustainable and organic agriculture systems in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sequestering soil carbon. It provides detailed Read the Rest…
Weekly Update – July 6-10, 2009
Monday, July 13th, 2009
NSAC FARMER FLY-IN On Tuesday and Wednesday, July 7 and 8, NSAC hosted a group of twenty farmers and representatives from NSAC member organizations for its annual appropriations and budget fly-in. By a stroke of timing luck, the FY 10 appropriations bill was being voted on by the full House and going through markup in Read the Rest…
Weekly Update – June 29-July 2, 2009
Monday, July 6th, 2009
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Clean Water Network MS River Basin Caucus and NSAC State Technical Committee Workshop: On Monday afternoon July 20, NSAC is co-hosting a NRCS State Technical Committee Workshop with the Izaak Walton League of America in Minneapolis, MN. The Workshop will provide information on how farmers, ranchers, and grassroots organizations can participate in State Read the Rest…
