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TOPIC(S): Young Farmers, FFA/4-H,

02/08/2024 SOURCE: news.vt.edu

Andrew Seibel signs off as national FFA president

After spending the past year leading the largest student-run organization in the nation, Andrew Seibel is back at Virginia Tech.

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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,

From Gaza to Sudan, conflict is driving a rise in hunger worldwide

In the 21st century, famine isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Farming,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.theenergymix.com

Urban Farming Shows Higher Carbon Footprint than Conventional Agriculture

A new study shows that produce from urban agriculture has six times the carbon footprint of conventional farms when emissions are linked to food alone—but the calculation changes when the social benefits of urban growing are factored into a more holistic assessment.

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TOPIC(S): Tobacco, FDA, Consumer/Retail, Trending News, Food Safety,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.usatoday.com

‘How about the cigarettes that white people smoke?’ Menthol cigarette ban could give Biden fits

The Food and Drug Administration could make a decision by March to ban menthol cigarettes, popular with Black smokers.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Tobacco, Consumer/Retail,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.barrons.com

Sweet And 'Spicy': Nicaraguan Cigars Winning Over The World

With a deftness that comes from four decades of experience, Aristo Torres sorts tobacco leaves at a factory in Nicaragua -- a country making great strides in the manufacture and export of cigars.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Food/Nutrition, USDA, Food Safety,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.food-safety.com

In a 2023 Recap, USDA-FSIS Says it Aims to Publish Formal Regulatory Proposal for Salmonella in Poultry by Early 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) recently highlighted its key achievements in 2023 that helped strengthen food safety and the supply chain, including efforts on a new regulatory framework to crack down on Salmonella in poultry.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Hunger,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.panaynews.net

PH to adopt Vietnamese methods to hike rice production

MABALACAT City – To significantly increase rice and eventually become self-sufficient in rice production, Vietnamese methods and technologies should be adopted in the Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Saturday. Marcos, who was in Mandasig village in this town to lead the ceremonial palay harvesting and the distribution of assistance to farmers, recalled that […]

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag Africa,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.wur.nl

African rice production must become more efficient to prevent large-scale import and cultivation

Rice production in Africa is in urgent need of intensification to meet future demand. This is to prevent the continent from becoming largely dependent on the import of rice or significant portions of farmlands being used for cultivation. Research shows there is potential to make rice production more efficient if the current farming methods are improved.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.farmersadvance.com

Michigan State University hires new farm manager for Pollinator Performance Center

MSU has hired a new farm manager for its Pollinator Performance Center.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,

02/06/2024 SOURCE: www.wral.com

Father, daughter beekeepers allowed to expand after dispute with Wake Forest

A honey of a controversy between a family and the Town of Wake Forest is now resolved. That's after a disagreement over honeybee hives and land use issues.

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