AGRICOLA FNI 91003596, Under heavy pressure from the meat and dairy industries, the Department of Agriculture last week canceled the scheduled publication of the Eating Right Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices. This new graphic would have replaced the nearly 50-year-old food wheels displaying the four food groups. (original)
Extracts from a government public relations strategy document for handling the Mad Cow Disease problem in the United States. The document was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act investigation. Subtitle: USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 1991bovine spongiform encephalopathy public relations.
Opinion article, Via online digital edition. 1 page., Editor speaks to inaccuracies in politicians' descriptions of "farting cows" as a significant factor in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
Burnett, Claron (author), Kroupa, Eugene A. (author), Meiller, Larry R. (author), and Peters, James (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1970-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10659
Notes:
Eugene A. Kroupa Collection, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 13 pages.
WIDCORP (author) and Water and Drylands Collaborative Research Program (WIDCORP).
Format:
Summary
Publication Date:
2009-12
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C36187
Notes:
From Report No. 1/09. 13 pages., Summary section of a 142-page research report prepared for the Victoria Department of Primary Industries, Medlbourne, Australia.
10 pages, Sustainable livestock farming practices have the potential to improve productivity and high income, reduce greenhouse gases, and improve household food security. Despite previous efforts to disseminate these technologies, the rate of adoption has remained very low in Ethiopia. In this study, we investigate the determinants of adoption and the impact of improved dairy farming practices (IDFP), which include improved breed, improved feed, and improved feeding conditions, on household food security in the central highland of Ethiopia.
