Imperial Valley News Center
Agreement in Principle on KORUS
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- Written by USDA
Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding the agreement in principle reached by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Republic of Korea Minister for Trade Hyun Chong Kim regarding modifications to the U.S.-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS):
Secretary of Agriculture Perdue Issues USDA Statement on Plant Breeding Innovation
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued a statement providing clarification on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) oversight of plants produced through innovative new breeding techniques which include techniques called genome editing.
Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure Task Force Tackles Eastern Coachella Valley Water Infrastructure Woes
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- Written by IVN
Coachella, California - Friday morning, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia will join Coachella Valley Water District and Pueblo Unido CDC to announce legislation geared to assist Eastern Coachella Valley water infrastructure projects.
United States and Poland Sign Patriot Deal
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- Written by State Department
Warsaw, Poland - The United States welcomes today’s signing in Warsaw of an agreement concluding Phase I of Poland’s purchase of the Patriot missile defense system, worth $4.6 billion. This includes a brand new, state-of-the-art command and control system for Poland’s air and missile defense. The signing of this agreement will strengthen the security and capabilities of the United States, Poland, and NATO along the Alliance’s Eastern Flank.
Farmers for America a movie about the present and the future
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California - On Ag Day last week, the Center for Land Based Learning hosted a screening of a wonderful film, “Farmers for America,” created by Graham Meriwether and narrated by the excellent Mike Rowe. It’s a film I hope more organizations will bring to their local communities because it is such an important topic, and it poses some essential questions. Who will our farmers be? How can we support new and beginning farmers?
FTC Confirms Its Probe of Facebook
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- Written by Doug McPherson
Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has confirmed it will investigate whether Facebook violated a 2011 consent decree after concerning reports about how it handled the personal data of 50 million users and how that data was transmitted to data firm Cambridge Analytica without those users' knowledge, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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