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MIDDLE AGED PLAGUELet Freedom Ring -- Start with School Lunch
Well, so the election is coming up, or sort of happening, the excitement of an actual election day long watered down by a two or three or four-week voting "process." Somehow, it's just not the same th...
10/24/12 at 3:05 PM
STAFF BLOGAG RIGHTMeatless Mondays
No, despite some rumors going around, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is not encouraging Meatless Mondays. USDA just released this succinct press release "USDA does not endorse Meatless Monday. T...
7/25/12 at 4:25 PM Happy birthday, USDA 5/15/12 at 2:37 PM
TIME AT THE TABLEVolunteers Needed
This summer Time at the Table with the help of a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant will be working with the Mitchell YWCA and the Salvation Army teaching our Kitchen Kids program. Classes occur on Tues...
7/1/12 at 8:44 AM
FATHER KNOWS LASTPotato Wars
Is the potato a major contributor to the American obesity epidemic? The United States Department of Agriculture seems to think it is, and is taking steps to almost completely eliminate it from the na...
9/27/11 at 8:35 PM
STAFF BLOGTHE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDGoehring announces age/source beef verification program
BISMARCKA new, voluntary program to help market North Dakota beef domestically and abroad was unveiled Tuesday. North Dakota Verified Livestock allows livestock producers and feeding operations to ve...
8/31/10 at 11:04 AM Livestock rule update 6/18/10 at 11:29 AM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERPawlenty seeks farmer aid
Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants the federal government to provide low-interest loans to farmers in six northern Minnesota counties affected by wet weather in 2008 and 2009. Pawlenty sent a letter asking U.S. ...
9/15/09 at 10:56 AM Peterson wants USDA in charge 7/19/09 at 6:26 AM
Women picked for top 2 ag spots 6/29/09 at 11:49 AM
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