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USDA Economists Group Announcements and Seminars:
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FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS:
Dates: February 9, March 9, April 6, May 11, June 1, July 6, August 3, others TBA
Time: Noon to 1:00 pm
Place: Room 1052 of the USDA South Building, Conference Room in the Reference Center
All are welcome. If you have an item for the agenda, please contact Steve Neff at
steve.neff@wdc.usda.gov.
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UPCOMING SEMINAR
SEMINAR TITLE: From the Doorway to Hell: Survival and Stewardship in the Haiti Earthquake
OVERVIEW: Perspectives of events immediately following the earthquake and efforts to deal with severely injured people.
PRESENTER: Henry Bahn, PhD, on detail to the Office of the Secretary, Global Food Security Initiative
DATE: Thursday, February 11, 2010
TIME: Noon to 1:00 pm
PLACE: NIFA Headquarters, 800 9th Street, SW, Room 3455 A & B, Washington, D.C.
SPONSORS: USDA Economists Group and the NIFA Diversity Working Group
CONTACT: Antonio McLaren, NIFA/ECS, (202)-720-5997, or email at
amclaren@nifa.usda.gov.
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MORE UPCOMING:
2010 USDA Agriculture Outlook Forum
Agriculture Outlook Forum 2010 - Sustainable Agriculture: The Key to Health and Prosperity
USDA's annual meeting will be held at Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel
February 18-19, 2010
Click on this Link:
www.usda.gov/oce/forum
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Contact: Andrea Woolverton (ERS), Vice President - Programs, (202) 694-5195,
Woolverton@ers.usda.gov
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NEWS from Feedstuffs.com www.Feedstuffs.com
February 8, 2010 Issue 6 Volume 82
This Week's Top Stories:
- Report: Hunger grows 54%
- HSUS begins drive for Ohio ballot
- Salt has historic role in food
- EPA releases details of expanded RFS
- Obama deficit, spending spark budget battles
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