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The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has announced through a September 30, 2009 press release that the Cost Sharing Program for Organic Certification has been renewed. Federal funds have been renewed to assist Hawaii organic farmers, organic livestock producers and organic produce handlers with the cost...

USDA has released a new web site in support of local farmers! American farmers feed our nation and the world, but they are all local to somewhere. Get to know your local farmer, and get to know your food. USDA wants to foster the viability and growth of small and mid-size farms and ranches, and we want...

USDA announces new initiative in support of organic agriculture via the USDA NRCS EQIP program . The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has additional information about this program. Contact your the Pacific Islands NRCS Office for more information. For organic certification information in Hawaii...

USDA CSREES has released the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program competitive grants program. Proposals are due May 13, 2009 . Download the request for applications . There is a 25% cost share required for this program. From the RFA: CSREES announces the availability of funds and requests...

The USDA National Agricultural Library Water Quality Information Center has just recently updated its prototyp database of freely available online document related to water and agriculture. According to the release, you can now access 1,900 documents through the database. Search and access publications...

The new FY 2009 USDA CSREES Specialty Crop RFP has been released. The program is similar to last year - there is still the 100% cost sharing . General information is here: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/specialtycropresearchinitiative.cfm Download the RFP here: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas...

Tom Vilsack was unanimously approved to serve as the new Secretary of Agriculture. He along with other cabinet members will be tasked to implement the President's agenda. If you go to Whitehouse.gov , you can read the various agendas for different parts of the country/government. Here is President...

The USDA and the National Agriculture Library have released their 2009 report "U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grant and Partnership Programs that Can Address Invasive Species Research, Technical Assistance, Prevention and Control." This workbook contains basic information on programs...

USDA Economic Research Service has released a new report entitled "Integrating Invasive Species Prevention and Control Policies."

The September 2008 edition of Amber Waves , the online publication of the USDA Economic Research Services is now available. In it is a feature article by Marc Ribaudo, entitled: Creating Markets for Environmental Stewardship: Potential Benefits and Problems . The article is based upon a paper by Marc...