News Releases for October 1997

United States Department of Agriculture

updated October 30, 1997

0394 Glickman Reminds Producers About Crop Insurance Sales Closing Dates
0393 Glickman Establishes Hispanic Advisory Council at USDA
0392 Remarks Of Secretary Dan Glickman Follow-up to Lake Tahoe Presidential Forum
0390 Formal Agreements in Place to Guide Lake Tahoe Protection Efforts
0391 NAFTA Agricultural Advisory Committee Recommends Tri-national Private Commercial Dispute Resolution System
0389 USDA Announces First Tribal Colleges Awards
0388 Clinton Administration Awards Nearly $2 Million in Grants for Rural America
0387 Figueroa Named Administrator of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service
0386 M/A USDA Issues Interim Progress Report on Civil Right
0385 M/A Agriculture Secretary Glickman to Visit San Antonio Monday
0384 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0383 M/A Agriculture Secretary to Visit Phoenix Area Tuesday
0382 M/A Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to Visit Lake Tahoe
0381 New Safe Food Handling Campaign Urges Americans to "Fight Bac!"
0380 Fact Sheet USDA - Supporting Child Care Across America
0379 Glickman Announces Agreement to Expedite Cattle Shipments to Canada
0378 M/A Ambitious Food Safety Education Campaign to Be Unveiled; Puts a Face on Foodborne Bacteria
0377 Remarks of Secretary Glickman Telemedicine & Distance Learning Grant Announcements with Vice President Gore LSU Medical Center --1997
0376 Vice President Announces $10.2 Million in Loans, Grants to Improve Rural Health, Education Services
0374 President and Mrs. Clinton to Host White House Conference on Child Care
0375 Agriculture Secretary Glickman to Attend Fast Track Event on Capitol Hill
0373 Q&A's: The Conservation Reserve Program
0372 USDA Opens New Compost Facility
0371 States to Receive over $167 Million in Interim National Forest Payments
0370 M/A Rominger to Dedicate New Composting Facility in Beltsville, MD
0369 M/A Glickman to Join Vice President Gore to Announce Major Conservation Initiative for Chesapeake Bay
0368 Glickman Creates High-Level Team to Address Technical Barriers to Trade
0367 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0366 Glickman Promotes School Meals During National School Lunch Week
0365 Floral Gems: South American Plants Mean U.S. Opportunity
0364 Agricultural Air Quality Task Force to Meet October 29-30
0363 Remarks of Secretary Glickman World Food Day USDA Apron - October 16, 1997
0362 Remarks of Secretary Glickman Nat'l Disability Employment Awareness Month USDA Patio October 16, 1997
0361 Lon S. Hatamiya Named Administrator Of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service
0360 Development Of A U.S. Food Security Blueprint Advances
0359 Backgrounder: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Market Activities
0358 Backgrounder: The Community Food Project Grants 1997
0357 USDA Commemorates Farmers' Market Week And World Food Day
0356 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0355 Remarks by Deputy Secretary Richard Rominger U.S. Department of Agriculture Inter-american Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (Iica)
0354 Remarks of Secretary Dan Glickman Media Availability on 16th Sign-up for CRP
0353 Glickman Kicks off Sign-up Period for Conservation Reserve
0352 M/A Agriculture Secretary Glickman to Hold Media Availability
0351 Glickman Names Alternate to American Egg Board
0350 Floral Gems: "Tipper" Makes its American Debut
0349 Statement of James R. Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment on the Departure Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Paul Johnson
0348 Statement by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on the Departure of Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief
0347 Testimony of Secretary Dan Glickman Before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
0346 Backgrounder on Improving the Safety of American Meat and Poultry - The Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act
0345 Statement by Secretary Dan Glickman on the Introduction of Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act
0344 Secretary Announces Two New Members to the Board of Directors for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
0343 Chile Opens Market to U. S. Wheat
0342 Glickman Orders Clean up of Hazardous Materials Site in Washington State
0341 Volunteers Praised as National 4-H Week Begins
0340 Big Meals May Contribute to Body Fat in Older People
0339 Fund for Rural America Grant Boosts Iowa Value-Added Cooperatives
0338 Backgrounder Biomass Energy Project Present Win-Win Opportunities for Farmers Conservation, and Communities
8032 El Auditorio Jefferson en USDA Está Disponible Para Ver la Conferencia de la Casa Blanca Sobre Cambios Climatológicos
8031 USDA PRESENTA EL PLAN ESTRATEGICO PARA LOS PROXIMOS CINCO AÑOS
0337 M/A USDA'S Jefferson Auditorium Available to View the White House Conference on Climate Change
0336 USDA Saves by Automating Employment Verification Process

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