News Releases for May 2000

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0184 0184.00 M/A Public Schedule for Secretary Dan Glickman Week of June 1-4, 2000
0183 0183.00 USDA to Invest $13.3 Million in Rural Development Projects
0182 0182.00 USDA, HHS Release Updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans
0181 0181.00 Remarks: by Secretary Of Agriculture Dan Glickman at The National Nutrition Summit May 30, 2000 - Washington, DC
0180 0180.00 Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman Commencement Address Georgetown Public Policy Institute
0179 0179.00 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0178 0178.00 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman on Supreme Beef Decision May 25, 2000
0177 0177.00 USDA Launches Food Thermometer Education Campaign
0176 0176.00 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman on House Passage of PNTR for China
0175 0175.00 Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman to the Farm Credit Administration Symposium on "Successful Ag Lending: Accomplishing Your Mission in Stressful Times" May 25, 2000 – Washington, DC 
0174 0174.00 USDA Recognizes Exemplary Small Businesses
0173 0173.00 M/A USDA To Launch Thermometer Education Campaign
0172 0172.00 M/A National Nutrition Summit to Focus on Improving Nutrition and Health for Americans
0171 0171.00 M/A Public Schedule Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman
0170 0170.00 USDA Announces $1.3 Million Grant to Protect Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay
0169 0169.00 Glickman Announces Funding to Combat Invasive Species
0168 0168.00 Glickman Names New Member to Mushroom Council
0167 0167.00 NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED
M/A Glickman to Address the Invasive Species Council
0166 0166.00 Commission Urges More Preparedness to Better Deal with Droughts; New Forecast Warns of Major U.S. Drought this Summer
0165 0165.00 Six School Districts Selected for School Breakfast Pilot Program and Study
0164 0164.00 M/A Glickman to Release Drought Commission Recommendations
0163 0163.00 M/A: Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman Week of May 15 - 19, 2000
0162 0162.00 Glickman Names Members to National Organic Standards Board
0161 0161.00 May 12, 2000 -- Babitt and Glickman Suspend Federal Prescribed Fire Policy that Allows Prescribed Burns
0160 0160.00 USDA, Commerce Join Forces to Boost Early Warning System in Rural Areas
0159 00159.00 USDA to Purchase U.S. Sugar, Reduce Cost to Government
0158 0158.00 Sherie Hinton Henry Named Acting Director of Outreach
0157 0157.00 Glickman Announces $4 Million to Promote U.S. Lamb
0156 0156.00 M/A Secretary Glickman to Visit Wichita, Discuss Child Nutrition Issues and Trade With China
0155 0155.00 Glickman Announces $45 Million Effort to Further Boost Economy of Mississippi Delta Region
0154 0154.00 Glickman Proposes National Strategy to Protect Roadless Areas in National Forests
0153 0153.00 Glickman Announces New Loans for on - Farm Storage
0152 0152.00 M/A Public Schedule for Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman
0151 0151.00 New Report Details Substantial Civil Rights Progress at USDA
0150 0150.00 GIPSA to Sponsor Millennium Conference
0149 0149.00 Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman USDA Hispanic Leadership Summit on Recruitment and Employment
0148 0148.00 Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Rich Rominger First Meeting, National Research Council Standing Committee on Biotechnology, Food and Fiber Production, and the Environment Washington, D.c. – May 4, 2000
0147 0147.00 USDA to Validate Tests For Biotech Grains, Accredit Labs
0146 0146.00 Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman National Academy of Sciences 1st Meeting of Standing Committee on Biotechnology Food and Fiber Production, and The Environment Washington, D.C. – May 4, 2000
0145 0145.00 Glickman Sends Legislation to Congress to Help Farmers
0144 0144.00 M/A Glickman to Give Biotechnology Speech to National Academy of Sciences Panel
0143 0143.00 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman Week of May 3-5, 2000
0142 0142.00 M/A Glickman Addresses Millennium Research Conference on America's Eating Habits
0141 0141.00 Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman American Chamber of Commerce Members of Shanghai, China April 27, 2000
0140 0140.00 USDA Marks 65th Anniversary of Rural Electrification Act With $354 Million to Expand Rural Power Systems
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