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Spreading Sustainable Seafood Practices Overseas

July 26, 2013 Mary Ellen Smith, Agricultural Counselor, Foreign Agricultural Service, The Hague, Netherlands

Last month, the Foreign Agricultural Service office in The Hague, Netherlands, partnered with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to highlight the institute’s commitment to sustainable fishing and introduce its new sustainability certification. There is a growing interest among European consumers...

Food and Nutrition Trade

USDA, the United Nations, and Pakistan Unite to Fight FMD

February 08, 2013 Ian Winborne, Plant Health Advisor, USDA APHIS International Services, US Embassy Islamabad

Dr. Muhammad Afzal of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) holds up a bottle of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine to show what happens when the cold chain is broken. The vaccine is spoiled, cloudy with precipitates and no longer effective. Fortunately, this was a test bottle and 500,000...

Animals Plants

USDA Scientists Offer Solutions to Global Water Issues

March 20, 2012 Tara T. Weaver-Missick, USDA – Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. This week marks the 19 th year of World Water Day. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development...

Research and Science
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