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July 2018

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Hazlett on Stop Youth Opioid Abuse campaign

"The campaign to Stop Youth Opioid Abuse shows that at the root of this crisis, addiction is a disease driving good people to make shocking and destructive decisions."
MorningAgClips

Joint statement of action to promote elder justice

"The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) are forming a working group to focus on ways to empower and to support rural and tribal communities to combat elder abuse and financial exploitation."
MorningAgClips

How Native American food is tied to stories

"The recent Supreme Court case is a reminder that traditional food, such as salmon, is more than just food – it is a connection to ancestral knowledge that holds a deeper religious meaning within the natural world."
MorningAgClips

29 fire departments receive grain bin rescue tubes

"Each year, tragedy strikes across rural America when lives are lost due to grain bin entrapments. To help lead the fight against these accidents, Nationwide, in partnership with the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), has selected a record 29 fire departments as winners of the fifth annual Nominate Your Fire Department Contest."
MorningAgClips

USDA highlights benefits of Tax Cuts & Jobs Act

"'Most family farms are run as small businesses, and they should be able to keep more of what they earn to reinvest in their operations and take care of their families,' stated U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue."
MorningAgClips

USDA enhances quality of life in rural areas

"Department invests $237M in health care, schools, opioid treatments and more"
MorningAgClips

AFT's 10th Annual Farmers Market Celebration

"...American Farmland Trust announces the launch of its tenth annual Farmers Market Celebration, set to run through September 21. The Celebration is a national effort to promote the importance of family farmers and farmers’ markets, while also raising awareness about the loss of America’s farmland."
MorningAgClips

Urban farm supports former inmates, veterans

"Windy City Harvest Corps is a 14-week Chicago Botanic Garden program. The program helps previously incarcerated individuals and veterans find full-time employment in the agricultural industry."
MorningAgClips

$309M investment in rural electric

"Will build or improve 1,660 miles of electric line serving rural homes, farms, businesses"
MorningAgClips

Commodity Classic releases 2019 schedule

"Commodity Classic is America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused educational and agricultural experience. The 2019 schedule includes extended trade show hours, allowing attendees to spend even more time with the wide array of exhibitors on the huge trade show floor. "
MorningAgClips

World’s First Pay-What-You-Can Grocery Store! It Saves Food Otherwise Destined for Trash

"Customers at Feed It Forward, however, are free to fill up their baskets and pay whatever they can afford. If they don’t have any money, they are still free to take whatever they want;"
Good News Network