Food and Agriculture

• Federal Judge Rejects Tobacco Companies' Effort to Block Key Provisions of New Tobacco Regulation Law
  PRNewswire (November 05, 2009)
  
   
  
• Western Growers Applauds Historic Passage of Water Legislation
  PRNewswire (November 04, 2009)
  
   
  
• USDA announces $17M for new farmers, ranchers
  AP (November 03, 2009)
  ELGIN, Minn. (AP) - A federal Agriculture Department official in southeastern Minnesota is announcing $17 million in grants to address the needs of beginning farmers and ranchers.
   
  
• Toxic BPA Contamination - Groups Support Consumers Union Call for FDA Protection From BPA in Canned Food
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• Feeding America Statement on Report That Nearly Half of All American Children Will Receive SNAP (Food Stamps)
  PRNewswire (November 03, 2009)
  
   
  
• FDA CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION UPDATES: Fraudulent H1N1 flu products, hearing aids, sound amplifiers, tobacco regulation, FDA's international posts, LASIK eye surgery, and FDA MedWatch safety alerts
  PRNewswire (November 02, 2009)
  
   
  
• FMC Corporation Plans Legal Challenge to EPA Decision to Deny Administrative Hearing on Carbofuran
  PRNewswire (October 30, 2009)
  
   
  
• Message to Congress: Women Farmers Critical to Hunger Fight
  PRNewswire (October 28, 2009)
  
   
  
• Bread for the World Welcomes Administration's Child Nutrition Priorities
  PRNewswire (October 24, 2009)
  
   
  
• New Conservation Program Gets Strong California Response
  PRNewswire (October 21, 2009)
  
   
  
• Foodborne Illness Victims Meet With White House to Push for Food Safety Reform
  PRNewswire (October 19, 2009)
  
   
  
• United States Reaches Agreement in Livestock Trespassing Lawsuit
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• At Waters Forum, Rep. DeLauro, Administration Urge Congress to Improve the Safety of Imported Food
  PRNewswire (October 14, 2009)
  
   
  
• USAID Provides Additional Emergency Assistance to Indonesia
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Farmers, Hemp Industry Leaders Arrested for Planting Industrial Hemp at DEA Headquarters in Act of Civil Disobedience to Protest 'Reefer Madness'
  PRNewswire (October 13, 2009)
  
   
  
• Statement of Support - Re: Appropriation for International Food Protection Institute
  PRNewswire (October 12, 2009)
  
   
  
• U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Oct. 11
  PRNewswire (October 11, 2009)
  
   
  
• U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Oct. 10
  PRNewswire (October 10, 2009)