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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

They underpin what it is to feel at home; what it means to sense one’s lineage through food in a single place or across oceans. In short, being able to save seed in prior centuries was central to adapting to an environment and to carrying on the most-valued rhythms of one’s ancestors by preserving culturally appropriate foods.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

ESA

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Joe Manchin (D-WV). 2 – Associated Press.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

Biden Infrastructure Plan Includes Funding for Natural Infrastructure, Scientific Infrastructure. $2 2 trillion plan includes $50 billion to create a new technology directorate for NSF. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy forms Interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity. . In this issue: . Executive Branch.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

ESA

This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change. Most of these areas are named as “key technology focus areas” in the USICA.

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ESA Policy News: January 23, 2023

ESA

In this issue: Congress House Republicans name new members and leadership for the House Appropriations Committee, House Science Committee and House Natural Resources Committee with the start of the 118th Congress. The new Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee are Reps. rule in the courts.

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