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 in low-moisture foods.
The institute recognizes the dangers of pathogens in low-moisture foods as just
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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 grants, administered by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), growers, ranchers and
Continue Reading Federal grants aim to increase food safety through science-based training across U.S.
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 of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced the grant of more than $348,000 to support
Continue Reading Scientists working on better testing for leafy greens, other fresh produce
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 safety-related research positions.
Under his own authority, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is about to
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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 USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) along
Continue Reading Ag secretary picks Kansas City area as new home for USDA research units
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 units that Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue wants to move out of the District of
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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 National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
The two units have limited involvement in food
Continue Reading Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies
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 small items in the local real estate press.
USDA was just snapping up a hot
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Escape from the National Capital Region (NCR)
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 scientist at Auburn University, Bill Walton, is known as one of the driving forces behind
Continue Reading Federal grant funds research to improve safety of oysters on high-priced menus
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 and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
“Each year, 1
Continue Reading USDA grants through NIFA include food safety research
