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Obama administration unveils obesity action plan

June 15, 2010 – 12:46 pm |  Filed Under: 
A produce-friendly action plan to solve childhood obesity within a generation has attracted widespread praise from food industry and nutrition advocates. First Lady Michelle Obama and other Obama administration officials unveiled the action plan in a presentation May 11. The plan to reduce the rate of childhood obesity to 5% by 2030 outlines 70 specific recommendations that stress physical fitness and better nutrition for America’s youth. The plan’s focus on encouraging increased consumption of fruits and vegetables is in line with foodservice industry trends, said Dawn Sweeney, president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Restaurant Association. “The restaurant industry is built
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Talking Points for Proposed Budget Cuts to CAES

March 3, 2010 – 8:36 am |  Filed Under: 
Talking Points for Proposed Budget Cuts to College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (CAES) March 1, 2010 Background – the university system has been ordered to find $300M in additional cuts beyond those already enacted.  The UGA portion of this is $60M. UGA Administration had less than 48 hrs to develop this plan. This is NOT a budget plan but rather a reaction to the request by the legislature. Below are some talking point to use in talking with legislators concerning the cuts to the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) budget.     Guidelines: 1.     Begin with how you
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GFVGA Ethanol Letter of Support

July 15, 2009 – 12:00 pm |  Filed Under: 
July 15, 2009 Georgia Department of Agriculture 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW Atlanta, GA 30334 The State of Georgia is one of the largest fruit producers in the U.S. Unfortunately, there is a lot of waste in this industry and 50% of the fruit never makes it to the market. Because of recent congressional mandates that call for the production of 36 billion gallons of fuel ethanol annually by the year 2022, there is a significant opportunity to convert the waste fruit into fuel ethanol and a dried distillers grains co-product that would be used as animal feed
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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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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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