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USDA-NIFA grant awarded to Arkansas food scientist to investigate low-moisture food safety

By News Desk on May 9, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded an Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher a $200,000 grant to learn more about how much moisture is required to allow bacterial survival …
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Federal grants aim to increase food safety through science-based training across U.S.

By News Desk on October 1, 2021

Veteran farmers and small produce farmers are among the food producers who can benefit from special food safety training paid for with $10 million in new grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Through the…
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Scientists working on better testing for leafy greens, other fresh produce

By News Desk on March 10, 2021

Researchers seeking to develop better food safety testing for fresh produce, with a particular focus on lettuce, have received a boost in the form of a USDA grant.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute…
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New IG report is likely just a speed bump on USDA’s road to Kansas City

By Dan Flynn on August 6, 2019

A new report by the Inspector General for USDA has only one Constitutionally- suspect argument for use by Congressional opponents of moving some federal jobs to the Kansas City area.  Some transferred positions involve food…
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Ag secretary picks Kansas City area as new home for USDA research units

By Dan Flynn on June 14, 2019

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is relocating USDA’s economic research units and 85 percent of their jobs to the greater Kansas City area. USDA’s researchers do some food safety research.

Perdue Thursday announced that both…
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Letter From The Editor: It’s Only a Matter of Time

By Dan Flynn on June 9, 2019
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Crop reports and economic forecasts for agricultural commodities have long been the work products of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and its National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

Those are the USDA research…
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Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies

By Dan Flynn on May 3, 2019

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue late Friday announced his finalists of 136 Expressions of Interest received from parties in 35 states vying to become the new homes of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and…
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Letter From The Editor: Escape from the National Capital Region (NCR)

By Dan Flynn on March 31, 2019
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Ten years ago when USDA leased nearly all of the newly completed 380,000 square foot Patriots Plaza III at 355 E. St. SW in Washington D.C., it was good for only a couple of…
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Federal grant funds research to improve safety of oysters on high-priced menus

By News Desk on August 10, 2018

The USDA has given more than $450,000 for a research project designed to increase the safety of certain commercially farmed oysters from the Gulf Coast that are “bound for the premium half-shell market.”

A marine…
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USDA grants through NIFA include food safety research

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on December 4, 2017

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced support for research, education, and extension projects that promote a safe, nutritious food supply. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture…
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