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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Texting O K
What should you do if you want to know your family is safe after a weather, terror, or other emergency event? Text first. Talk second. The Safe America Foundation has launched a “text first/talk second” campaign coinciding with the anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Just My Thoughts, News Worthy Mentionables
Tagged I M O K, Safe America Foundation
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ReadyAG
ReadyAG is multi-state collaborative project has utilized the expertise of Cooperative Extension professionals from multiple land grant universities in development of a set of disaster planning and continuity of operations worksheets for each of the major agriculture commodities. There are … Continue reading
Posted in FMD News, Just My Thoughts, News Worthy Mentionables, One Health
Tagged Dave Filson, Penn State University, ReadyAG, USDA NIFA
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NACAA Update on NBAF
I attended the Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (that’s NACAA AM/PIC, for short) in Overland Park, KS, in August. Fortunately the temps did not soar into the 100s during our visit. … Continue reading
Posted in FMD News, Just My Thoughts, News Worthy Mentionables, One Health
Tagged America’s CDC for Animal Health, Biosecurity Research Institute, BRI, Dr. Ron Trewyn, FEMA, foreign animal disease preparedness, KS, Manhattan, NACAA AM, National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility, NBAF, Overland Park
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USDA APHIS Proposed Animal Disease Traceability Rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a proposed rule on August 11 to establish general regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate if an animal disease event takes place. Under … Continue reading
Across the Fence episode: Preparing Our Communities for an Agricultural Emergency
On August 9, 2011 UVM Extension Family & Youth Development Specialist Dr. Ellen Rowe and I appeared on WCAX’s daily program Across the Fence to promote our AFRI Biosecurity project’s upcoming Public Policy Forum on September 14, 2011 at the … Continue reading
