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DES MOINES - To help commemorate World Food Day, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman recently announced that 28 grants totaling more than $4.6 million have been awarded as part of USDA's Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program, including a $118,000...
National Expert Bruce Katz Discusses Land Use in Michigan"The stronger Michigan cities and its older communities are, and the more it preserves its natural heritage, the more competitive it will be." That was one of the central messages of Bruce...
People and Land (PAL), a funding program of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), is a unique approach to promoting local, regional, and multisector consensus building around issues of growth and development. PAL falls under WKKF's Food Systems and Rural Development...
Background Although much of the policy debate on welfare reform has concentrated on the urban poor, nearly 20 percent of welfare recipient families reside outside of central cities and metropolitan areas. They, along with other rural working families, rely on...
A new way to look at American agriculture American agriculture has a bright and dynamic future. Farmers are banding together, policymakers are taking a second look at the status quo and scientists are making new discoveries and advancements every day....
The Community Health Scholars Program (CHSP), is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2004 program year. Funded by the Kellogg Foundation, the program is designed to meet the growing needs of health professional schools, with emphasis on schools of public...
In April 2002, the first networking conference among the 13 implementation sites was held in Chicago, Illinois. Co-hosted by the Kellogg Foundation and the Chicago ENLACE Partnership, the meeting was attended by some 220 educators, students, and parents. Other guests...