Subject: FFA "Food For All" Grant Projects Under Way
From: "Farmers Feeding the World" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:00:32 +0000 (GMT)

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FFA “Food F=r All” Grant Projects Under Way
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From coast to coast, FFA members are work=ng to curb hunger in their individual communities, thanks to a partnership=among the National FFA Organization, Farm Journal Foundation’s Farme=s Feeding the World initiative and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Food =or All grants were recently awarded to 140 FFA chapters in 39 states. Each=of the chapters received up to $2,500 to fund their local and internationa= sustainable hunger relief projects. Read =ore.
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April, 2012

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May 3: Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Luncheon at =he Philadelphia Union Legue, hosted by Farmers Feeding the World. Kip Tom =ill be the guest speaker.
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May 16: CropLife America's 2012 National Policy Conference, hosted=at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

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U.S. Cancels Food Aid to North Korea after Missile Launch
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= The United States has canceled a proposed food ai= deal with North Korea following its attempt to launch a long-range rocket=taking a satellite into orbit. Senior administration officials told NBC Ne=s the deal with Pyongyang is off after the rocket was fired. It failed sho=tly after launch and landed in the sea off the South Korea coast. Read More.
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Date Set for U.S. – Colombia Trade Pact
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President Barack Obama and Colombian Presi=ent Juan Manuel Santos announced that a free trade agreement between the U=S. and Colombia will go into effect on May 15. Read More.
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Anti-po=erty Group ONE Pushes for G8 Food Deal

= Leaders of the world's industrial powers should=commit to boost agriculture investments in poor countries and end hunger a=d malnutrition among the poor when they meet outside Washington in May, ac=ording to a group co-founded by anti-poverty campaigners and rock stars Bo=o and Bob Geldof. A new report by ONE Campaign said increased donor suppor= for agricultural investment plans in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Cen=ral America could lift about 50 million people out of extreme poverty. Read More.
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.=img align="middle" width="120" height="95" alt="" src="http://=gw156.americaneagle.com/assets/1/6/Senator%20Johanns.jpg" /> <=r /> Sen. Mike Johanns (R-=eb.)

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Our country faces pressing budget challenges in the y=ar ahead. Members of the agriculture committees in both houses of Congress=will keep this in mind as we work to renew the farm bill, last updated in =008. Funding for some programs in the bill is likely to be reduced, as law=akers search for viable ways to pare back government spending while mainta=ning authority for the framework of policies which have led to a strong fa=m economy in recent years.
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Along with these budget concerns, it is critic=lly important to keep the significance of ag programs in perspective to en=ure any reductions do not spark unintended consequences. In the case of th= farm bill, we must remember that food security is an issue of national se=urity; hasty or careless changes to farm-related initiatives in the areas =f trade and development could have a negative effect on our standing abroa= and security at home. Read More.

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