Farm bill boosts nutrition and cuts ethanol credit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Farm bill boosts nutrition and cuts ethanol credit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The new U.S. farm law would reduce the tax credit for corn-based ethanol while giving nutrition programs such as food stamps a $10.4 billion increase, House and Senate negotiators said on Friday.
Farm bill has boost in nutrition funds (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices.
Negotiators reach tentative farm bill deal (AP via Yahoo! News)
Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Friday on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices.
Cameroon: Report Attributes Death Rise to Nutrition Neglect (AllAfrica.com)
A research on health and human well-being for 2007 has revealed that nutrition neglect accounts for the recent upsurge in death toll in Cameroon.
Key lawmakers agree on nutrition aid boost (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Congressional negotiators agreed on a $10 billion increase for nutrition programs including food stamps under the new U.S. farm law, up $500 million from the earlier target, the heads of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees said Thursday.
Good nutrition starts early (PhysOrg)
You are what you eat, as the old saying goes. Maybe so, but increasingly researchers are finding that you are also what your mother ate - maternal nutrition has profound consequences on the health of offspring.
Tentative farm bill deal boosts nutrition programs (Wisconsin State Journal)
WASHINGTON Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Friday on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices. An intense series of bargaining sessions over how to pay for the five-year, $280 billion bill ended Friday afternoon with senior Democrats expressing optimism that they would soon be sending the …
Nutrition 21 to Report Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Financial Results Thursday, May 8, 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Nutrition 21, Inc. , a growing developer and marketer of nutritional supplements under the Chromax , Diabetes Essentials and Iceland Health brands that help consumers manage blood sugar levels, improve cardiovascular health, enhance memory, and address chronic joint pain, will report financial results prior to the market open on Thursday, May 8, 2008 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, …
Negotiations On Farm Bill Add Billions For Nutrition (Washington Post)
House and Senate negotiators reached tentative agreement yesterday on a new $290 billion, multiyear farm bill that would add about $10.4 billion for nutrition programs while continuing to channel billions of dollars to farmers, even if prices stay at current record levels.