03/20/2024 SOURCE: www.medpagetoday.com

Opinion | Hold Your Horses, Health Workers With COVID Still Must Isolate

This aspect of CDC's guidance is not to be glossed over

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03/08/2024 SOURCE: www.agri-pulse.com

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Mar. 8, 2024: Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Micah Brown and Randy Dickhut on foreign farmland ownership

Lawmakers rolled out a government funding package this week that includes funding for USDA to better track the country’s farm, ranch and forest land owned by foreign buyers. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to talk about what’s concerning lawmakers right now and what needs to be done in the future to protect America’s national and food security.Then, Micah Brown with the National Agricultural Law Center and Randy Dickhut with Agricultural Economic Insights talk about how state laws are impacting foreign farmland ownership and factors influencing the market for American farmland.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

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02/13/2024 SOURCE: www.msn.com

Cigar makers fight proposed ban as Biden weighs tobacco curbs

As the Biden administration mulls a politically sensitive decision on whether to ban menthol cigarettes, another corner of the tobacco industry — cigar makers — is fighting to be left alone. The big picture: The fate of a proposed ban on flavored cigars has been linked to a separate and closely scrutinized proposal to outlaw menthol cigarettes that's been under White House review for months. The cigar industry and advocates for consumer choice...

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02/02/2024 SOURCE: www.climatechangenews.com

"Shameful": Shell uses suspect carbon credits to meet climate targets

Shell, the oil and gas giant, offsets part of its emissions with carbon credits from Chinese projects suspended because of integrity concerns

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01/22/2024 SOURCE: www.lombardodier.com

Regenerative farming promises Nature revolution at Davos 2024 | Lombard Odier

Could regeneratively-grown coffee kick-start a nature revolution? At Davos 2024, world leaders gathered under the theme ‘Rebuilding Trust’. The focus was a “back to basics” approach to tackling four major challenges: global security; economic growth; AI, and climate, energy and nature.

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Food Assistance Outlook Brief, January 2024: FEWS NET’s projected population in need (PIN) of urgent food assistance in July 2024 - Ethiopia

Analysis in English on Ethiopia and 30 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 11 Jan 2024 by FEWS NET

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UN Says Global Food Prices for Many Staples Fell in 2023

UN Says Global Food Prices , for Many Staples , Fell in 2023. On January 5, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported that global prices for some commodities fell

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10/30/2023 SOURCE: www.wuft.org

One year after Hurricane Ian, Florida beekeepers move steadily toward recovery - WUFT News

The 150-mph winds and 13-foot storm surge generated by Hurricane Ian have long receded since the storm made landfall in Florida over a year ago. But beekeepers Michael and Tammy Sadler have spent the days since, 380 and counting, reminded of what the storm took and the damage it left behind. For the Sadlers, the …

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10/27/2023 SOURCE: time.com

Dalan Animal Health Honey Bee Vaccine for American Foulbrood Disease: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023

Find out why Dalan Animal Health Honey Bee Vaccine for American Foulbrood Disease made this year's list

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Arkansas orders Chinese-owned seed producer Syngenta to sell U.S. farmland

Arkansas ordered Syngenta to sell 160 acres of farmland in the U.S. state within two years on Tuesday because the company is Chinese-owned, drawing a sharp rebuke from the global seeds producer.

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