[permaculture] Fwd: Media Advisory: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to Discuss Administration Support for Agricultural Research and Development
Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: Media Advisory: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to Discuss Administration Support for Agricultural Research and Development
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 22:03:02 -0500
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From: Claudia Joseph <permie@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:34 AM
Subject: Media Advisory: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Dr. John P.
Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy, to Discuss Administration Support for Agricultural Research and
Development
To: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
HI Lawrence,
I wonder if any permaculture projects are eligible for funding under this
program.
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Media Advisory No. 0008.16
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623
*Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Dr. John P. Holdren, President
Obama’s Science and Technology Advisor and Director of the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy, to Discuss Administration Support
for Agricultural Research and Development*
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2016 - TODAY, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Dr.
John P. Holdren, President Obama’s Science and Technology Advisor and
Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will
host a conference call to announce the awards of more than $30 million in
competitive research grants through the Agriculture and Food Research
Initiative (AFRI) and preview the AFRI funding request in the President’s
2017 Budget. AFRI is the nation’s premier competitive, peer-reviewed grants
program for fundamental and applied agricultural sciences.
*WHO: *Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Dr. John P. Holdren, President Obama’s Science and Technology Advisor and
Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
*WHAT: *On-the-record discussion of the Administration’s support for
agricultural research and development
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[permaculture] Fwd: Media Advisory: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Dr. John P. Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to Discuss Administration Support for Agricultural Research and Development,
Lawrence London, 02/04/2016