New farming rules for Common Argicultural Policy debate

East Devon's Bicton College is holding an all-day conference on the Common Agricultural Policy. There are new farming rules for 2013.

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Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog

Agricultural and Food Law and Policy Blog is designed to provide accurate and up-to-date news, research, and information to the nation�s agricultural community. The Blog is comprised of more than three dozen subject areas, which correspond primarily with the Reading Rooms.

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Living Green Magazine - USDA - New Food Environment Atlas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently launched its newest web-based mapping tool, Your Food Environment Atlas. The web-based interactive database will enable researchers, policy makers, and the public to find information on a range of factors that affect access to healthy, affordable food—and will allow users to map the data by county.

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USDA to boost wildlife habitat, trim cropland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government will maximize enrollment in the land-idling Conservation Reserve, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a policy that would reduce U.S. cropland by 1.5 percent if successful. The amount of land...

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