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Groups step up lunch alternatives for needy students
Glendale Unified is partnering with several local civic organizations to provide free lunches to children who may not know where their midday meals will come from during the summer months. Keeping children fed is important in making sure students...
Tags: The Salvation Army, Nutrition, Students, Health, Health and Safety at School
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La Cañada residents bemoan K-rails, City Council refuses to budge
More than 30 La Cañada Flintridge residents let their disdain of the concrete barriers placed on neighborhood streets known this week, but the City Council refused their request to move the so-called K-rails until federal authorities deem the area safe...
Tags: Ocean View
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Food pantries face empty shelves
SOUTH GLENDALE — With fewer donations coming in and demand continuing to rise, local food pantry operators say their supplies have reached dangerously low levels.
In recent weeks, Salvation Army Glendale has seen the shelves of its food bank...Tags: The Salvation Army, Christianity, Social Issues, Rick White, FEMA
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Setting the food-service standard
Rotating last month through a room filled with vendors at a school food conference, Glendale Community College nutrition instructor Sona Donayan was bombarded with information about packaging, delivery and pricing. Nutrition facts were harder to come...Tags: Healthy Diet, Health and Safety at Work, Food Industry, Science and Technology, Standards
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Out of the Blue: Stand up against Monsanto
If you believe you have a right to know what you put in your body, join us at 11 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach for the March Against Monsanto. If you believe our Aliso Beach fire pits are a sacred right to enjoy a bonfire at the beach, let your local...Tags: Environmental Politics, Politics, Genetic Engineering, Birth Defects, Occupy Wall Street
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USDA census info session today
The United States Department of Agriculture hosts an info session "Census of Agriculture Final Push-Make Sure You Are Counted!" 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. today at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus. The Census of Agriculture is conducted...Tags: Local Government, Agriculture
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Osteoporosis, Nutrition, Diseases and Illnesses, Personal Income, Politics
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LETTER: Keep COOL in farm bill
Green grass is blooming across our state and welcomed moisture will give many an optimistic outlook. That same attitude should be applied to the crafting of a farm bill. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., continue to work on the final details for a five-...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Congress
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, University of Oklahoma, Tom Vilsack, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely places....Tags: Golf, Sports, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Farms
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Don't miss your chance to provide the facts straight from the farm
WASHINGTON - With the window to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture officially closing on May 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is urging farmers and ranchers not to miss this opportunity to be counted and help determine the future of...Tags: Demographics, Agriculture, Population and Census
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S.D. tribal business to get $300K matching grant
LOWER BRULE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota tribe will receive $300,000 in federal money to promote the sales of its popcorn as part of an attempt to boost the reservation's economy. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told The Argus Leader that the money...Tags: Washington, DC, Popcorn
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