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Cultured lab meat may make climate change worse
BBC | Posted onFebruary 20, 2019 in Food NewsResearchers are looking for alternatives to traditional meat because farming animals is helping to drive up global temperatures. However, meat grown in the lab may make matters worse in some circumstances.
Oklahoma sets new rules for chicken farm placements, expansions
Meating Place (free registration required) | Posted onFebruary 20, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsThe Oklahoma Department of Agriculture approved new rules covering the locations of chicken farms relative to schools, homes and water sources, although the provisions will not affect current farms operating before October 2018. The new setback requirements call for chicken operations with fewer than 150,000 birds to be at least 500 feet from homes. Larger chicken farms must be established at least 1,000 feet away from houses. All chicken operations also now must be 500 feet from public wells, 100 feet from private wells and 200 feet from streams, officials said.
Groundwater contamination devastates a New Mexico dairy – and threatens public health
New Mexico Politcal Report | Posted onFebruary 20, 2019 in Agriculture NewsFor months, Clovis dairy farmer Art Schaap has been watching his life go down the drain. Instead of selling milk, he is dumping 15,000 gallons a day – enough to provide a carton at lunch to 240,000 children. Instead of working 24/7 to keep his animals healthy, he’s planning to exterminate all 4,000 of his cows, one of the best herds in Curry County’s booming dairy industry.
Does clean energy include nuclear? Pennsylvania is latest state to debate
Energy News Network | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Energy NewsClean energy advocates in Pennsylvania are weighing whether to throw their support behind a proposed bailout for the state’s nuclear power plants.
Missouri Court Holds Crop Dusting Not Inherently Dangerous Activity
Texas A&M | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsA case out of Missouri, Keller Farms, Inc. v.
Bacteria in raw milk endangers people in 19 states
Smart Brief | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Food NewsBrucella bacteria in raw milk from Miller's Biodiversity Farm in Quarryville, Pa., has affected an "unknown number" of people in 19 states, according to the CDC. RB51, the strain of brucella found in the milk, is resistant to the antibiotic rifampin.
Gov. Tom Wolf proposes tax breaks, loans in new Pa. Farm Bill
Lehigh Valley Live | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsThe agriculture industry is facing a workforce shortage and Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration hopes to address it with the Pennsylvania Farm Bill, a proposal that is being described as historic. This multi-faceted $24 million package includes a variety of measures aimed at cultivating future generations of farmers and providing assistance to help new and beginning farmers. Lawmakers hailed the Farm Bill proposal as the first time in generations that agriculture was given some focused attention in a governor’s budget proposal.
New Farm Bill Makes Way for Plant Biostimulants
Growing Produce | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Federal NewsThe recently signed Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka, the farm bill)broke new ground on several fronts for growers and industry stakeholders.
New Mexico Bill would provide San Juan College with $500,000 for renewable energy program
Farmington Daily Times | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Energy, SARL Members and Alumni NewsSan Juan College is getting attention in Santa Fe for its potential in training a renewable energy industry workforce. A bill introduced in the New Mexico House of Representatives would turn the college into a Center of Excellence for renewable energy. It would be one of four Centers of Excellence in the state. Each center would receive $500,000.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has pushed to create the centers. Each would have its own focus. For example, New Mexico State University’s focus would be agriculture and University of New Mexico would focus on bioscience.
Hospital Wastes A Third Less Food After This One Change
Forbes | Posted onFebruary 19, 2019 in Food NewsWhen it comes to wasting food, hospitals are one of the most egregious culprits, with two to three times more waste than other food service sectors. UC San Francisco Medical Center, however, has found that one change cut the amount of food it wastes by 30%. It now serves food on-demand.Most hospitals produce food in bulk and serve it at predetermined meal times, which may or may not be in sync with a patient’s appetite or the timing of health care services being performed.