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  • From: "Rick Williams" <mrfarm AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: "Marketfarming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] USDA Report on Changing Values
  • Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:52:10 -0600

I have taken the liberty of reposting this article from Gene Schriefer on
Graze-L who got it from another list. This could be a significant leading
edge issue in the future

Sincerely,

Rick Williams
Misty Ridge Farm
Direct marketed dairy beef and produce
(also dairy heifers and beef stockers)
Viroqua, WI

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From: Clara Cohen <ccohen AT nas.edu>
To: ccohen AT nas.edu
Date: 12/13/2002 02:34 PM
Subject: New National Academies Report on USDA's Research
Dear Colleague:

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new report, Frontiers in
Agricultural Research: Food, Health, Environment, and Communities,
from the National Academies' Board on Agriculture and Natural
Resources. The report reviews the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Research, Education, and Economics mission area, the main engine of
publicly funded agricultural research in the United States, and
provides recommendations on future opportunities and directions.

The report recommends that the U.S. Department of Agriculture refocus
its $2 billion annual research budget to reflect changing public
values and needs. USDA should shift its emphasis from increasing food
and fiber production to frontier issues such as the impact of
globalization on U.S. agriculture, diet and health, food safety,
environmentally sound farming alternatives and the quality of life in
rural communities. There is a need for high-level leadership to
support new directions in food and agricultural research.

A prepublication version of the report is available for online
reading, with the final version forthcoming and available for purchase
from National Academies Press at the following link:

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10585.html

A 4-page brief summary of the report can also be viewed at the
following link:


http://www7.nationalacademies.org/banr/frontiers_ag_research_summary.pdf

Best regards,

Clara Cohen


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Clara Cohen, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
National Research Council
The National Academies
500 5th St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-334-1870
Fax: 202-334-1978
ccohen AT nas.edu




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