Subject: Senate Democratic Proposal on Sequestration Would End Direct Payments
From: "Farmers Feeding the World" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:01:15 +0000 (GMT)

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Senate Democratic Proposal on Sequestration
Would=End Direct Payments

= A Senate Democratic proposal to avoid looming across-the-board f=deral cuts, known as sequestration, includes the elimination of direct far= payments, Senate Committee on Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-M=ch., announced Feb. 14.   Read More.

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Food Security and=Nutrition Should Top UN Development Agenda after 2015
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Nutrition and food security should be the top devel=pment goal as the international community sets its priorities beyond 2015,=the target date for achieving the globally agreed anti-poverty targets kno=n as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), senior United Nations offici=ls have stressed.  Read More.

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February 2013

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Feb. 28-March 3, 2013: Commodity Classic; Kissim=ee, Fla.  Click here for more information. <=p>
March 2, 2013: Hunger Free Communities Summit hosted by the Alliance to=End Hunger; Washington, D.C.  Click here to regist=r.

March 19= 2013: National Agriculture Day
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=.S. and E.U. Hope to Eliminate the Atlantic
as a Trade Barr=er

Forthcoming trans-Atl=ntic trade talks might offer a fresh incentive for Europe to worry a bit l=ss about protecting past economic gains and focus a bit more on securing s=urces of future prosperity. The negotiations, announced last week and due =o start in June, are also an important chance for the European Union to re=nvigorate political ties with the United States as Washington pivots towar= a rising Asia.  Read More.

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In Revamped Cafete=ias, USDA Gets a Taste
of Its Own Medicine
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USDA's cafeterias, which are not contract=d by the GSA, nonetheless relied heavily on the agency's contracting requi=ements. But USDA also placed extra burdens on its new food service provid=r, such as the 100% whole-wheat standard and the total ban on deep fryers= The department even pushed for more locally grown foods; officials wanted=30% of the ingredients sold in their cafeterias to come from farms within=200 miles of USDA headquarters.   Read=More.

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Ambas=ador Tony P. Hall, Alliance to End Hunger
= As the battle over sequestration heats up, the current debate in Congr=ss over our country's fiscal future is important for all of us.
But fo= poor and hungry people around the world, the current budget negotiations =ould prove to be the most far-reaching for the next decade. In the balance=hang the U.S. Poverty-Focused Development Assistance programs, which provi=e a literal lifeline to millions of people in the world, while bolstering =ivelihoods and strengthening resilience.

These efforts serve=to make our country safer, our economy stronger and the U.S. a world leade= in global development assistance.   Read More.

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