A number of states are dealing with a tremendous amount of flood-related issues. The EDEN Floods & Flooding Issue page has been updated to include links to current and updated materials from affected states.
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.
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.
