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Ifugao officials optimistic nutrition programs will go on beyond 2010
Lagawe :: Philippines | about 11 hours ago
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BHWs, BNS, local officials, program proponents and media practitioners from Cordillera region and Nueva Vizcaya province. He said that in order to ensure the continuity of the program, there is also a need to educate and orient new political leaders...
Tags: nutrition programs, Ifugao, Teodoro Baguilat, Philippines, Lagawe, Cordillera Administrative Region, Lagawe Ifugao, Politics, Filipino culture, Barangay
Senators Roberts, Harkin Fight to Improve Senior Nutrition Programs
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility This will allow programs such as Meals on Wheels to better serve our nation’s seniors. “Bonus commodities are extremely important to senior nutrition programs because they are essentially free of charge plus the price of shipping,” Senator Roberts...
Tags: seniors nutrition, USDA, nutrition programs, bonus commodities, El Dorado Times Thu, Pat Roberts, commodities purchases, senator roberts, NSIP, nutrition assistance, Washington, Federal assistance in the United States, Meals on Wheels, Tom Harkin, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, Politics, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture in the United States, Food and Nutrition Service
Seniors hold nutrition rally at Oklahoma Capitol
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 23 days ago
Credibility Hundreds of seniors are at the state Capitol to express their frustration over cuts to nutrition programs for the elderly. The Department of Human Services has cut $7.4 million from senior nutrition programs to offset declining state revenues. The reduction...
Tags: Department of Human Services, nutrition programs, Oklahoma, seniors nutrition, Vietnam Veteran
Governor: Budget cuts to continue through June
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Gov. Brad Henry said that with no signs of improvement on the horizon, he and House Speaker Chris Benge and Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee thought it best to tell state agencies that reductions will be ongoing and to let them plan their budgets...
Tags: Brad Henry, nutrition programs, Older Oklahomans, seniors nutrition
Bill increases funds for food stamps, nutrition
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Nutrition, food stamp and dairy aid programs were among the winners as the House on Wednesday approved a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for the 2010 budget year. Reflecting the growing number of people scrambling to get by in tough economic times,...
Tags: food stamps, House, agriculture spending, nutrition programs, stamps programs
Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The increased use of ethanol could cost the government up to $900 million for food stamps and child nutrition programs, a congressional report says.Higher use of the corn-based fuel additive between April 2007 and April 2008 accounted for about 10 percent...
Tags: food prices, Congressional Budget Office, nutrition programs
Negotiators reach tentative farm bill deal
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Congressional negotiators say they have a tentative agreement on a multibillion-dollar farm bill. Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson, who is chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says there's no question that Congress can complete the bill by the...
Tags: tentative agreement, Bush, negotiations reach, nutrition programs, dollar farm, congressional negotiations, Congressional
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