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PINE BUSH, NY -- As a service to its partners, the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (National Campaign) is pleased to offer the Federal Sustainable Agriculture Program Primer. This resource compiles basic information on a wide range of the programs...
In 2005, the Kellogg Foundation will complete 75 years of activities. It was in June of 1930 that the American businessman and philanthropist Will Keith Kellogg created what would become one of the world’s leading private foundations. To celebrate its...
OLYMPIA - A new handbook published by the state Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is available to help farmers, food service professionals, and communities bring locally grown foods into schools, nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions. The 87-page handbook, Farm-to-Cafeteria Connections:...
Hillsborough County Video There are many facets to "Engaging Latinos in Education"--increasing student and family supports, creating a college-going culture and a seamless pathway to college, and changing educational institutions and attitudes. In short, ENLACE is about providing "education by...
The following information also can be found online at the AMS Web site. Direct marketing of farm products through farmers' markets continues to be an important sales outlet for agricultural producers nationwide. Farmers' markets, now an integral part in the...
The League of Rural Voters is launching its Vote for Rural America! campaign and website, aimed at reversing the decline in rural voter participation that has increased steadily over the years. Vote for Rural America! is the League's public service...
In February, roughly 30 evaluators, community coaches, coordinating organization personnel and other support staff of the KLCC program convened in Houston to exchange stories about lessons learned over the past year and to discuss the program’s next steps. While details...
By Cheryl D. Fields ITASCA, Ill.— Nearly 200 Kellogg Leadership for Community Change (KLCC) fellows, coaches and support staff gathered here in July at the Doral Eaglewood Resort & Spa for the first national meeting of KLCC. The three-day gathering...
The Northeast Beginning Farmer Development Initiative began with the mission to develop a collaborative, regional network to assist and strengthen the next generation of Northeast farmers. With funding from the Mid-Atlantic Consortium through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s...
Last school year all seniors attending tiny Peñasco High school, and 45 percent of the 199 seniors at Taos High School received free one-on-one college counseling from the Taos, N.M.-based Bridges Project for Education. “Most of the students attending these...