WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 31, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa Department of Natural Resources have been selected to collectively receive over $500,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * The University of Northern Iowa was se  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * New Biden-Harris Administration Program to Promote the Use of Non-Traditional Commodities in Food Assistance Programs * * * DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 30, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched the Food for Opportunity Program, or FFO, designed to expand opportunities for non-traditional U.S. commodities to qualify for various  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Oct. 31, 2024, by Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman on measures to feed Africa: * * * DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR ISOBEL COLEMAN: It is an honor to join you today, representing the U.S. Agency for International Development. As we've heard, the level of need remains great in Africa. It is one of the few regions of the world where hunger and undernourishment have continued to rise in recent year  more