The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final regulation barring certain cattle materials from all animal feed, including pet food. The final rule further protects animals and consumers against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as "mad cow disease"). This regulation finalizes a proposed rule that the FDA issued for public comment in October 2005.
Requests for application are now available for CSREES' Special Needs Program. Those eligible to apply are 1862 Land Grant Institutions. This round of funding is intended "to support innovative, education-based approaches to addressing emergency preparedness and specific responses related to natural and man-made disasters.
Many land-grant institutions have partnered in a groundbreaking new Web site, eXtension.org, launched during the National Ag Outlook Forum February 21 and 22. EDEN led one of the Pioneer Communities of Practice with work teams that have focused on Agrosecurity and Flooding. EDEN resources in these topic areas are now available to the general public through eXtension.
The
Extension Disaster
Education Network
(EDEN)
links Extension educators from across the U.S. and various disciplines,
enabling them to use
and share resources to reduce the impact of disasters.
The EDEN website
receives support from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture under CSREES/USDA Agreements No.
2005-37620-15609
and 2004-37620-14644. Earlier support was provided under SPN 98-ESNP-1-0317
and CSREES/USDA
Agreement No
2002-30001-1210.
