RAFI-USA Statement on FSMA
November 12, 2013
RAFI respectfully requests that FDA publish a second round of draft rules for public comment before finalizing the Produce Standards Rule and Preventive Controls Rule.
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TCRF Announces 2014 Grant Program
October 22, 2013
Applications are now open for RAFI’s 2014 Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund grants. The grants are $8,000 each or $10,000 for a collaborative group project.
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Press Release: Free NC Resource Rodeos for Farmers - Sept. 30, Oct. 7
September 25, 2013
There is no other forum where a farmer can get a hot meal and start valuable relationships with a host of the most relevant federal, state, philanthropic and non-profit resource providers around them—all for free.
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Press Release: Recommendations for Forced Pooling will be Finalized Tomorrow at 1 p.m.
August 27, 2013
RAFI is urging landowners and community members, especially from Lee, Moore and Chatham Counties, to attend the meeting and voice their opinions tomorrow at the Compulsory Pooling Study Group's public meeting.
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Press Release: More Than 150 Businesses, Groups Call for Improved Oversight of GE Field Trials
August 21, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2013 More Than 150 Businesses, Groups Call for Improved Oversight of GE Field […]
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Press Release: More than 100 Groups Urge Congress to Support Tester Amendment in 2013 Farm Bill
May 22, 2013
More than 100 farm organizations, scientists, businesses and nonprofits, including Organic Seed Alliance and Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, have signed a letter urging Congress to support Senator Tester’s amendment to the Senate Farm Bill. The proposed Farm Bill currently on the Congress floor fails to direct more research dollars to classical breeding projects that would result in the benefit of publicly owned plant cultivars and animal breeds.
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Press Release: RAFI-USA Encouraged by New USDA Initiatives for Organic Crop Insurance
May 15, 2013
Yesterday, the USDA announced Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's "vision for U.S. organic agriculture." According to a USDA press release, this would include new initiatives to support the growth of organic agriculture through increased crop insurance coverage options this year and more in 2014.
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Press Release: Come to the Table to Relieve Hunger and Support Local Farms - Piedmont Conference
January 10, 2013
The Come to the Table Project will present its fourth regional conference series on how people of faith can relieve hunger and support local agriculture in North Carolina. A project of the Rural Advancement Foundation (RAFI-USA) and the NC Council of Churches, this daylong conference will be held at the Elliott University Center at UNC-Greensboro on Tuesday, February 19th, 8:30am – 5pm.
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Press Release: Come to the Table to Relieve Hunger and Support Local Farms - Western NC Conference
January 8, 2013
The Come to the Table Project will present its fourth regional conference series on how people of faith can relieve hunger and support local agriculture in North Carolina. A project of the Rural Advancement Foundation (RAFI-USA) and the NC Council of Churches, this conference will be held at Southwestern Community College on Friday, March 15th from 8:30am-4:00pm.
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