The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced a new program to help produce growers offset the cost of developing a food safety program. The...
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Best practices in all aspects of poultry production was the subject of multiple workshops, trainings, social media posts, podcasts, and publ...
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The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Beginning Farmer program offers special training events for all farmers. This program, with the hel...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala.—The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is set to expire Sept. 30. An Alabama Cooperative Extension System economi...
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Table of Contents
Introduction – Ayanava Majumdar 3
About AIDB – Rachel Chastain 4
Grow Your Own Food – Chip East 5
To...
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Learn more about exemptions to the Poultry Inspection Act available to small-scale poultry processors.
The Poultry Products Inspection Ac...
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