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SNAP will bite back
Two of the greatest ironies of living in the richest, strongest nation in the history of the world are how many poor people remain in 21st century America and how vulnerable-as the Boston bombings showed again-we are to evildoers. The two are not...Tags: Eric Cantor, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Washington, DC, Congressional Budget Office, Politics
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Lawyer: Inspectors clear N.M. horse slaughterhouse
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - About 5 miles from this southeastern New Mexico town's famed UFO museum, tucked between dairy farms, is a nondescript metal building that could be home to any number of small agricultural businesses. But Valley Meat Co. is no longer...Tags: Plant Openings, Unexplained Phenomena, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Starbucks Corp.
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USDA introduces VegScape program
Area agriculturalists have a new online tool this growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service has introduced VegScape-Vegetation Condition Explorer, a satellite-based service that provides current...Tags: NASA
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EPA: Bittleman promises improved communications
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Bittleman, the new agriculture counselor at the Environmental Protection Agency, is determined to improve communications between rural America and an agency that many farmers consider both economically and culturally threatening. "My...Tags: Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, Politics, Gina McCarthy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Horse slaughter debate draws strong opinions
All across the West, the iconic images of horses galloping across the wind-swept rangelands carry a host of symbolic meanings for Native Americans. But that doesn't mean some tribes don't embrace horse slaughter as a responsible solution to the...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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U.S. Cattlemen's Association files comments on COOL rule
USCA - The United States Cattlemen's Association (USCA) filed comments on April 11 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the agency's proposed country of origin labeling (COOL) regulatory amendments to bring the U.S. into compliance with the...Tags: Politics, Mexico, Consumers, World Trade Organization, Judges
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Howard County datebook Datebook
Thursday, May 9 School news The Board of Education holds a regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. in the board room at 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. Both the afternoon session and an evening session, which convenes at 7:30 p.m., begins with a...Tags: Religion and Belief, Peabody Conservatory, Howard Community College, Clarksville, Entertainment
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SD Health Department issues new WIC guidelines
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Health has released new WIC Program income guidelines. The U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded special supplemental nutrition program provides food at no cost to eligible moms, babies and...Tags: Nutrition, Women, Infants and Children, Healthy Diet
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City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer
Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...
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Well-meaning USDA program implodes on taxpayers
In 1999, President Bill Clinton set out to right a wrong: the government's widespread discrimination against black farmers, particularly in the South. The victims had applied for farming loans but, owing to bias on the part of federal loan officers, had...
Tags: Trials, Bill Clinton, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Discrimination
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Hummus Sales Spike
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsHummus sales are up and so are the prices for chickpeas. Farmers in the heart of tobacco country are trying to grow chickpeas, a move that reflects booming demand for the seemingly more-healthful snack. Sabra Dipping Co., who manufactures and packages...Tags: Hummus, Pakistan
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Corn farmers urged to wait on planting
Purdue University agricultural experts are advising farmers to be patient as they wait for their fields to dry so they can begin planting. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports farmers in Indiana have planted just 1 percent of the corn crop,...
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