WASHINGTON DC (April 20, 2020) — With input from the Board and the organic community, we are modifying the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Spring Meeting 2020 to be held live online, instead of in-person. This will allow the Board to move forward with deliberations as scheduled in an open and public setting. 

Four-day online meeting

WASHINGTON DC (April 20, 2020) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on April 17 the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will take several actions to assist farmers, ranchers, and consumers in response to the COVID-19 national emergency.

LENEXA, KANSAS (April 16, 2020) — Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “sector snapshots” for eight industries participating in the Smart Sectors Program. The sector snapshot is a web-based tool that shows historical environmental and economic performance on a sector basis. Users can interact with data that include a range of up to 30 different combinations of environmental and economic parameters to view trends over time.

LENEXA, KANSAS (April 16, 2020) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the availability of $2 million in grant funding for tribal applicants to establish diesel emission reduction projects. Under this grant competition, applicants may request up to $800,000 in federal funding.

LENEXA, KANSAS (April 15, 2020) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking grant applications through the Children's Healthy Learning Environments Grant Initiative from states, federally-recognized tribes, universities, local governments, non-profits, and other groups to support children’s environmental health in school and child-care settings. These grants advance children’s environmental health by providing education, training, tools, and capacity building.

WASHINGTON DC (April 15, 2020) — The Department of Homeland Security, with the support of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced a temporary final rule to change certain H-2A requirements to help US agricultural employers avoid disruptions in lawful agricultural-related employment, protect the nation’s food supply-chain, and lessen impacts from the coronavirus (COVID-19) public-health emergency.

LENEXA, KANSAS (April 13, 2020) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed an action today intended to streamline and modernize EPA's existing fuels-regulations by eliminating costly and unnecessary duplication.

WASHINGTON DC (April 13, 2020) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a one-stop-shop of federal programs that can be used by rural communities, organizations, and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

ANKENY, IOWA (April 9, 2020) — A report released by the Iowa Department of Revenue shows biodiesel-blended fuel represented 69.9 percent of the total reported sales of on-road diesel last year in Iowa. Furthermore, blends of 11–20 percent biodiesel (B11–B20) made up most of those sales.

WASHINGTON DC (April 1, 2020) — To further the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) work on the 

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