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Weekly Harvest, May 15, 2013

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Sustainable Agriculture News Briefs - May 15, 2013

Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service website. The Weekly Harvest Newsletter is also available online.

News & Resources

  • Union of Concerned Scientists Launches Vision for Healthy Farms
  • USDA to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements for Genetically Engineered Plants
  • Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Studies Added to CIAS Offerings
  • Lawsuit Filed to Force FDA to Ban Arsenic in Livestock Feed
  • Organic Trade Association Establishes Farmers Advisory Council
  • IATP Warns of Soil Health Threat from Nanomaterials in Fertilizer

Funding Opportunities

  • Southern SARE Graduate Student Grant
  • Market Access Program
  • Pennsylvania Conservation Innovation Grant

Coming Events

  • Hack//Meat San Francisco
  • The Necessary (r)Evolution for Sustainable Food Systems
  • Raising and Processing Pastured Poultry for Home and Market

News & Resources

Union of Concerned Scientists Launches Vision for Healthy Farms
The Union of Concerned Scientists has launched its new vision for healthy farms, including a briefing paper explaining the changes that are needed in the way we farm, and a Web feature that illustrates the components of a healthy farm. The healthy farm vision brief identifies four major changes that UCS says are needed in farming practices: crop rotations, a landscape-level approach, cover crops, and integration of livestock and crops.
Related ATTRA Publication: Applying the Principles of Sustainable Farming

USDA to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements for Genetically Engineered Plants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced plans to prepare two separate environmental impact statements to better inform decision-making regarding the regulatory status of crops genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and Dicamba. These are the first GE plants developed to be resistant to these specific herbicides. Based on information from Dow and Monsanto, as well as public comments, APHIS believes it necessary to prepare these two environmental impact statements before making a final determination regarding the products' regulatory status.

Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Studies Featured
The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has added four new Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Studies to its series. These feature business alliances in which farmers and ranchers function as strategic partners rather than easily replaced input suppliers. The new online case studies profile Shepherd's Grain, Organic Valley, Co-op Partners Warehouse, and Idaho's Bounty.

Lawsuit Filed to Force FDA to Ban Arsenic in Livestock Feed
The Center for Food Safety has filed a lawsuit on behalf of U.S. food safety, agriculture, public health, and environmental groups to compel FDA to respond to the groups' three-year-old petition calling for immediate withdrawal of FDA's approval of arsenic-containing compounds as feed additives for food animals.

Organic Trade Association Establishes Farmers Advisory Council
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has formally established a Farmers Advisory Council (FAC) to provide input from small- to medium-sized organic farmers, ranchers, and growers to the trade association on matters geared to advancing organic agriculture. Through dialog and upfront input, FAC gives organic farmers a voice to directly influence OTA's policy work, and allows OTA to better represent the diversity of organic producers in its policy and advocacy work.

IATP Warns of Soil Health Threat from Nanomaterials in Fertilizer
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) has released a report, Nanomaterials in Soil: Our Future Food Chain?, that says nanomaterials added to soil via fertilizers and treated sewage waste could threaten soil health. Laboratory experiments have indicated that sub-molecular nanoparticles could damage beneficial soil microbes and the digestive systems of earthworms.

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Funding Opportunities

Southern SARE Graduate Student Grant
The Southern Region USDA Program on Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is requesting proposals for graduate student research projects that address issues of sustainable agriculture of current and potential importance to the Southern region and the nation. Graduate students enrolled at an accredited college or university in the Southern region may apply for up to $11,000.
Proposal deadline is June 3, 2013.

Market Access Program
The Market Access Program uses funds from USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation to help U.S. producers, exporters, private companies, and other trade organizations finance promotional activities for U.S. agricultural products.
Applications must be received by May 28, 2013.

Pennsylvania Conservation Innovation Grant
NRCS will offer a CIG State Component in Pennsylvania for Fiscal Year 2013. NRCS is looking for innovative on-the-ground conservation projects, including demonstrations and pilot projects. Selected applicants receive up to 50% of their total project cost, to a maximum of $75,000.
Applications are due by May 27, 2013.

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Coming Events

Hack//Meat San Francisco
June 21-23, 2013
San Francisco, California

Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications Foundation, and Applegate are bringing together industry "steakholders," technologists, entrepreneurs, and creatives to reimagine the business of meat. Participants will work together to develop data-driven technologies and communication platforms that help to democratize the way meat is produced, processed, distributed, sold, and consumed.

The Necessary (r)Evolution for Sustainable Food Systems
June 27, 2013
Burlington, Vermont

This conference will bring together influential and innovative voices from the sustainable food movement for a day of inspiration and call to action. The goal is to connect people across disciplines around the urgent issue of our broken food system and inspire people to take their place in the necessary revolution.

Raising and Processing Pastured Poultry for Home and Market
June 18, 2013
Townville, Pennsylvania

PASA Western Region presents this master class at the Dreese Family Farm, with guest speakers Jeff Mattocks, Vice President and Nutritionist for the Fetrell Company, and Eli Reiff, the Poultry Man. The workshop will provide a hands-on demonstration of poultry processing and will cover nutrition and housing.

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Agroterrorism Prevention Workshop, June 5, 2013 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida

On June 5, 2013 the Florida Association for Food Protection (FAFP) is offering an Agroterrorism Preparedness Workshop, open to both FAFP members and non-members.  This six hour workshop will include delivery of a 3.5 hour, Department of Homeland Security-certified agroterrorism preparedness course, and will include a workshop designed to allow participants to explore and apply some of the concepts and tools being offered by the Nation’s federal food safety agencies.

 

The course and workshop are being offered free of charge, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium.  Registration includes a $20 fee for lunch, which will be provided.

 

Registration information can be found at the following link:  http://www.fafp.net/aec/aec-workshop/

 

 

If you have questions regarding this workshop, or about registration, please contact Art Johnstone at ajohnstone@grantpartnersinc.org or (850) 251-4184.

 

 

Workshop Details:

 

Agroterrorism Preparedness Course: AWR 151 Understanding the Dangers of Agroterrorism, developed by the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California Davis. The course goal is to increase awareness among local and regional emergency response teams about the potential targets and impacts of agroterrorism. By creating a new alliance among traditional first responders and the agricultural industry, communities can begin to develop plans to mitigate acts of agroterrorism. The course raises awareness about the need to identify and defend against pathogens, chemical and biological contaminants, and other hazards that affect the safety of the foods we eat. The course stresses the importance of responding to incidents of intentional contamination as well as natural disasters using the “all hazards” approach.

 

Participatory workshop will include:

 

Overview of federal guidance documents for protecting our food supply from terrorism

Inventory of free online tools available for food facility and food systems protection

Overview of the security of food being imported and transported

Discussion Session: What are we doing well? What is still being left undone?

The workshop is designed to provide new information and offer value to food agencies and businesses, whether or not participants have completed food and agriculture preparedness courses in the past.

 

Workshop Speakers

Art Johnstone

Dr. Jennifer Chatfield

 

Schedule

Wednedsay, June 5

8:30am Sign-In

9:00am Session Begins

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Session Resumes

    Particpatory Workshop: Federal Food Agency Concepts and Tools

4:00pm Workshop Adjourns

 

 

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Grant Partners Inc.

 

Court Extends Deadline for FSMA Rules

As we chatted about at the Central Florida Peach Roundtable - the deadline for commenting on the Food Safety Modernization Act has been extended. If you have concerns about these regulations, please submit your comments. As my dad said, you have to throw your hat in the ring, so to speak, to make a difference.

Thanks,
Mercy

Mercy Olmstead, Ph.D.
Stone Fruit Extension Specialist
mercy1@ufl.edu
2135 Fifield Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0690
352-273-4772

-----Original Message-----
From: South Florida Vegetable Pest and Disease Hotline [mailto:SFLVEG-L@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU] On Behalf Of Gene McAvoy
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:26 PM
To: SFLVEG-L@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
Subject: Court Extends Deadline for FSMA Rules

Hope this finds you well.

This may be of interest.

Court Extends Deadline for FSMA Rules

The Center for Food Safety's tug-of-war with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the agency's delayed food safety rules continued last week as a judge ruled that FDA had more time to come up with a schedule for releasing the outstanding rules.

In a ruling yesterday, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Oakland U.S. District Court said FDA and CFS now have until June 10 to agree on a schedule for releasing the yet-unpublished food safety rules, mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011.

CFS filed suit against FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg in August of 2012 after the FDA missed a series of deadlines for publishing the regulations mandated by FSMA, which is intended to update the U.S. food safety system by transforming it from a reactive one to a preventive one.

After numerous deadlines went by without the release of the mandated rules, CFS went to court to try to force FDA to adhere to these time constraints.

In a decision this April, Judge Hamilton ruled that FDA must come up with a new schedule for issuing the proposed rules by May 20.

But when FDA sent its updated schedule to the non-profit food watchdog May 15, the group was not happy with the timeline. Since the two parties did not have enough time to discuss these problems before the new timeline was due five days later, they filed a Joint Stipulation for Extension of Time, which Judge Hamilton granted on May 17.

According to the order, CFS and the federal food regulatory agency now have until June 10 to agree upon a timeframe for releasing the rules that's acceptable to both parties.

Since CFS filed its complaint last year, FDA has released some of the key FSMA-mandated rules it failed to publish on time, including preventive controls for human food and standards for produce safety, both released in early January.

Other rules continue to languish at the White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Internal and Regulatory Affairs, which must approve the rules before they are published. FDA attributes some of the delay in its release of the FSMA rules to the hang-ups that come with this part of the process.

Among those rules that have yet to be released are the foreign supplier verification program – set to overhaul import safety, an establishment of regulations to ensure the safe transport of food products and a rule ensuring neutrality of third-party audits.

BY GRETCHEN GOETZ
Food Safety News
MAY 22, 2013

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/05/court-extends-deadline-for-fsma-rules/

All the best.

Gene

Gene McAvoy
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UF/IFAS Hendry County Extension
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On-Demand Featured Videos - Week of May 24, 2013

Week of May 24, 2013

You may not realize just how convenient it is to watch videos about Polk County meetings, programs and services right at your computer and now on any mobile device or tablet. Here are video links to recent and upcoming meetings, shows and features. Just click and watch!

 

MEETINGS

Board of Adjustment – May 23

Polk Transit Board of Directors – May 22

Board of County Commissioners Public Hearings – May 21

Board of County Commissioners Regular Session – May 21

Citizens’ Healthcare Oversight Committee – May 17

Code Enforcement Special Magistrate – May 16

Polk TPO Advisery Network – May 14

 

 

FEATURES

Dateline Polk #170: BoCC & Roads Update (Wade Allen, Dr. Ulyee Choe, Lee Killinger and Jim Brainerd) – May 21, 2013

¿Que Pasa Polk? #015 (Amanda Lee, Deborah Gonzalez and Ismary Figueroa, Benny Villareal, Boris Rodriguez, Ana Sancruzado) – May 23, 2013

Miss Polk Latina Pageant – May 18, 2013

Sports Central #199 – May 17, 2013

Transportation School (Class #5) – May 16, 2013

Circle B Bar Reserve Tourism Feature (Gaye Sharpe, Linda Funkhouser, Tim Parnell, and Parker, Maddie & Sarah Fishel)

Athlete Spotlight: Amber Presto, McKeel Academy of Technology

PCTSM Mustangs & Mustangs (Kermit Weeks, Kurt & Amy Pendergrass, Susan Forman) – April 13, 2013

PCTSM Rowdy Cup Swimming (Eddy Twyford, David Nugent, Mike Blum) – April 19, 2013

Polk Place: National Foster Care Month (Teri Saunders, Susan Ripley, and Cebian Alty)

Polk Place: Polk County Small Business Assistance Center (Dawn Decaminada)

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Polk Place: FPRA Carillon Classic 5K Run (Marybeth Soderstrom, John Kazaklis, Amy S. Wiggins) – May 25, 2013

Polk Place: FPRA Fill-A-Bag for Homeless Students (Cassie Jacoby, Dee Dee Wright, Paula Alford) – Until May 28, 2013

Polk Place: Hurricane Expo 2013 (Rosa Driggs, Pete McNally) – June 1, 2013

 

UPCOMING LIVE TV PROGRAMS

Watch on TV Bright House 622, Comcast 5, Verizon 20 or online at PGTV LIVE.

Friday, May 31, at 12:00 p.m. – Sports Central #200

 

 

Each week, we’ll be sending you a list of current video links. But for a complete listing of archive board meetings and other feature videos, go to Polk-County.net/pgtv. For DVD copies, please email katewest@polk-county.net or call the Communications office, (863) 534-5997.

 


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TMDL Water Quality Restoration Grant deadline July 1st

To Interested Stakeholders:

 

TMDL Water Quality Restoration Grant Opportunity – Application Deadline is July 1st

Three times a year, funding is awarded for the implementation of best management practices designed to reduce pollutant loads to impaired waters from urban stormwater discharges. This funding is administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection as the TMDL Water Quality Restoration Grant, which is set out by rule in Chapter 62-305, F.A.C. and authorized by Section 403.890(2), F.S.

 

What type of project is eligible for this grant?

  • The project reduces stormwater pollutant loadings from urban areas that discharge to waterbodies on the state’s verified list of impaired waters.
  • The project is at least at the 60% design phase and is permitted.
  • The project includes storm event monitoring to determine the actual load reduction.
  • The construction will be completed within three years of appropriation of the funds by the Legislature in order to ensure fund remain available.
  • The applicant provides a minimum of 50% of the total project cost in matching funds, of which at least 25% are provided by the local government.
  • The grant funds are used for construction of best management practices, monitoring to determine pollutant load reductions, or public education activities specifically associated with the project and may only occur after the date of contract. Funds spent in advance of contract may be used for match, such as design, land acquisition, and other costs incurred by the applicant.

 

What criteria are used for project ranking and selection?

  • Impairment status of the receiving water body
  • Estimated load reduction of the pollutants of concern
  • Percentage of local matching funds
  • Cost effectiveness based on the cost per pound of Total Nitrogen and/or Total Phosphorus removed per acre treated
  • Inclusion of a robust educational component
  • Whether the local government sponsor has implemented of a dedicated funding source for stormwater management, such as a stormwater utility fee

 

If you would like to submit an application, the deadline for this project selection period is July 1, 2013.  Any questions regarding the grant should be directed to Connie Becker at  Connie.L.Becker@dep.state.fl.us or at 850-245-8418.  Please visit our website for more information:  http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/tmdl_grant.htm .

 

 

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Florida Organic Growers partners with Swallowtail Farm 
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Are you interested in organic farming and want to learn more? 

FOG is partnering with Swallowtail Farm and the University of Florida to offer a free organic farming workshop. The workshop is designed for current and prospective farmers, as well as service providers who are interested in learning and sharing about organic and sustainable farming.

 

Event Details 
Monday, June 3
9 a.m. to
 3 p.m.
Swallowtail Farm, 17603 NW 276th Lane Alachua, FL 32615
Free admission, lunch provided

 
The workshop will provide practical information and advice on:

  • Sustainable/organic farming such as pest and beneficial insect identification and management strategies
  • Soil and weed management
  • Marketing
  • Building community farm support
  • Social networking
  • Organic certification

 
Swallowtail farmers Noah Shitama, Emily Eckhardt and Mariana Riehm will lead farm tours, discuss production and marketing strategies.

FOG's Executive Director Marty Mesh and FOG outreach staff will lead a discussion on organic certification and the use of social media.

The workshop will also feature Associate Professor and Vegetable Entomology Extension Specialist 
Susan Webb with UF who will discuss pest ID and management. 

 
Swallowtail is a 30 acre farm with 7 acres in vegetable production located north of the city of Alachua. The farm is crafted as a model of sustainability and fine land stewardship, with a focus on appropriate scale, conservation of resources, and nature-produced fertility. 
 
Space is limited and registration is required. Please complete the registration form or visit www.foginfo.org for more information.  


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Weekly Harvest, May 29, 2013

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Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service website. The Weekly Harvest Newsletter is also available online.

News & Resources

  • CSP Application Deadline Extended to June 14
  • Seasonal Cooking Information Offered for Use by Farmers, Markets
  • Internet Increases Small Farm Incomes, Says Study
  • USDA Introduces Annual Forage Pilot Insurance Plan
  • Crowdfunding Offers Farm Financing Option
  • Updated Farm Subsidy Database Launched

Funding Opportunities

  • Rural Business Opportunity Grant Program
  • Western SARE Research & Education Grants
  • Vermont Conservation Innovation Grant

Coming Events

  • Festival of Farms
  • Conservation in Action Tour
  • Farming for Beneficial Insects: Pollinators, Predators and Parasitoids

News & Resources

CSP Application Deadline Extended to June 14
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced an extension of the deadline to apply for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) this year. Although CSP applications are accepted all year, farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners should submit applications by June 14 to their local NRCS office to ensure they are considered for this year's funding.

Seasonal Cooking Information Offered for Use by Farmers, Markets
Secrets of a Seasonal Cook is a new series of 26 vegetable profiles and over 30 recipes – available free to media outlets, bloggers, farmers' markets, and farmers for publication online or in print. Secrets of a Seasonal Cook is a part of the Farm Fresh Now! program of The Land Connection. Register to receive an article each week from May 20 through November 18, 2013.

Internet Increases Small Farm Incomes, Says Study
Researchers at Louisiana State University say that small farms with access to the Internet earned approximately $2,200 to $2,700 more in gross farm income compared to small farms without Internet access, reports AgWired. The researchers used data from a nationwide USDA survey of farm households in 2010.

USDA Introduces Annual Forage Pilot Insurance Plan
USDA has released a new pilot federal crop insurance plan that utilizes a rainfall index to provide coverage for annual forage crops. The Rainfall Index-Annual Forage Insurance Plan is being tested in six states and covers crops planted annually and used for livestock feed or fodder. It is available in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The sales closing dates for this insurance are July 15 for crops planted in the fall, and December 15 for crops planted next spring.

Crowdfunding Offers Farm Financing Option
When experienced organic farmer Rebecca Bloomfield wanted to start her own farm, she turned to crowdfunding—soliciting donations over social media with a video—to help raise needed funds, according to a USA Today story. The story reports that small businesses are increasingly using crowdfunding to try to raise needed capital.
Related ATTRA Publication: Financing and Planning Your Farm and Enterprises

Updated Farm Subsidy Database Launched
Environmental Working Group (EWG) has launched the 2013 version of its Farm Subsidy Database. EWG collects and publishes USDA data on those who receive farm payments. The new data detail $292.5 billion in subsidies paid from 1995 through 2012, including $53.6 billion in crop insurance subsidies.

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Funding Opportunities

Rural Business Opportunity Grant Program
USDA announces the availability of approximately $2.6 million through the Rural Business Opportunity Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2013. The primary objective of the program is to promote sustainable economic development in rural communities with exceptional needs. Public bodies, nonprofit corporations, institutions of higher education, Indian tribes, and rural cooperatives may apply for up to $100,000. Approximately $2.6 million is available.
Application deadline is June 28, 2013.

Western SARE Research & Education Grants
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program has issued a call for pre-proposals for Research & Education Grants. These grants involve a team of scientists, producers, outreach specialists, and others using interdisciplinary approaches to address issues related to sustaining agriculture.
Pre-proposals are due June 5, 2013.

Vermont Conservation Innovation Grant
USDA NRCS in Vermont will provide up to $196,000 in grants to help develop and demonstrate cutting-edge ideas to improve conservation on private lands. The three categories of natural resources concerns in the Vermont program in 2013 are water quality, forestry/wildlife, and energy.
Applications are due June 7, 2013.

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Coming Events

Festival of Farms
July 13, 2013
Various Locations, Minnesota

This event is an opportunity to learn about sustainable agriculture, network within the community, and have fun at various farms across the state. Festival events are unique to each of the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota's nine chapters.

Conservation in Action Tour
July 9-10, 2013
Livingston County, Illinois

Join the Conservation Technology Information Center for this annual event as it explores innovative conservation practices in and around the Indian Creek watershed. Celebrating the theme of Community 4 Conservation, this year's tour will bring together agriculture leaders from all over the country to learn and share conservation practices.

Farming for Beneficial Insects: Pollinators, Predators and Parasitoids
July 11, 2013
Online

Participate in this webinar from USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center to learn how to support pollinators and natural enemies of crop pests by providing diverse habitat and protection from pesticides.

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