Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Grower's Association

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Support of Produce for Better Health (PBH)

March 27, 2009 – 12:02 pm |  Filed Under: 
March 27, 2009 Produce for Better Health Foundation 5341 Limestone Road Wilmington, DE 19808 Dear SCRI Reviewer: On behalf of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association this letter shows our support for the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant application, entitled, “The Intensity/Amount of Marketing Required to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption.”  Since 1991 PBH has worked to increase fruit and vegetable consumption to improve the health of all Americans.  GFVGA and our member companies have been strong supporters of their 5 A Day effort, which has since evolved into the Fruits & Veggies—More
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GFVGA H2A Comments

March 21, 2009 – 11:47 am |  Filed Under: 
March 21, 2009 Mr. Thomas Dowd, Administrator Office of Policy Development & Research Employment and Training Administration U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave., NW Room N-5641 Washington, D.C. 20210 RE: RIN 1205-AB55 Proposed Revision of H2A Regulations For more than a decade Georgia H2A users have been actively involved in an effort to make H2A regulations less complex. These growers are the “good guys,” agricultural employers that are making every effort to do the right thing by operating within the law. As H2A employers these growers use legal labor, provide their workers safe housing, fair pay and good working
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Georgia Congressional Delegation

March 10, 2009 – 11:43 am |  Filed Under: 
March 10, 2009 TO:         All Members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation We understand the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) could be introduced into Congress in the very near future.  On behalf of the fresh produce growers in Georgia and the southeast, our association, the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association strongly urges you to oppose this so-called ‘Employee Free Choice Act’ (EFCA). This legislation would strip hard-working Americans of the opportunity to keep private their decision whether or not to be represented by a union. It would effectively replace private ballots in union elections with the very public “card
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Farm Credit System – Letter of Support

February 11, 2009 – 11:59 am |  Filed Under: 
February 11, 2009 Honorable, On behalf of the Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA) representing the more than 2,000 growers in Georgia we write this letter asking Congress not take any action that will interfere with the ability of the Farm Credit System to continue to serve Georgia’s specialty crop growers.  As you may know, fruit and vegetable production in Georgia is valued in excess of $800 million at the farm gate. As the state’s number two cash crop, most Georgia fruits & vegetables are grown for the fresh market to be sold and consumed in other states.  This
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Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance

November 3, 2008 – 12:04 pm |  Filed Under: 
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance The following comments to Docket No. AMS-FV-08-0057; FV-08-379 IFR, Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection, are submitted on behalf of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA). The SCFBA is a diverse group of specialty crop producer organizations representing more than 120 crops in all 50 states. Members of the SCFBA were active in the legislative effort to create the block grant program for specialty crops fruit and the SCFBA was instrumental in obtaining expanded funding for this program during the 2008 Farm Bill debate. The effective administration of this program
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EPA’s Fumigant Cluster Comments

October 30, 2008 – 11:07 am |  Filed Under: 
October 30, 2008 Subject:  EPA’s Fumigant Cluster CommentsEPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0123 - Methyl Bromide Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0124 - 1,3-Dichloropropene Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0125 - Metam Sodium/Potassium Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0128 - Dazomet Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0350 - Chloropicrin Docket Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments and the associated attachment filed in response to the Reregistration Eligibility Decisions(REDs) released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 10, 2008.  The REDS include a series of risk mitigation measures intended to protect handlers, re-entry workers, and by-standers from risks due to exposure to soil fumigants including methyl bromide and chloropicrin.  While the purpose of the REDs are to reduce exposure,
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