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Nov 10, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |Mac Randall |Nick Rossi
During the swing era, roughly 1929 to 1946, professional opportunities for acoustic guitar players reached an all-time high. Even at the depth of the Great Depression, bands performed nationwide for the country’s most popular recreation: dancing. With the dominance of radio and its reliance on live performance during this era, the acoustic guitar held a significant place in the American cultural landscape.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
Editor’s Note: This post is the fifth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Through a series of posts comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Committees’ proposals, we provide an assessment of how each chamber’s bill would address a given challenge, and our recommended path forward.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
On July 11, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with unanimous, bipartisan agreement. The Senate Appropriations Committee skipped subcommittee markup this fiscal year, and the full committee’s unanimous approval took less than 10 minutes (59:00 – 1:07:54).
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May 16, 2024 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $22.3 million in funding for 2501 grants to help organizations conduct targeted outreach and provide technical assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
Last week, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 97 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a letter to Congressional Appropriators urging them to fully fund the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program(SARE) at $60 million in fiscal year (FY) 2025. SARE was one of NSAC’s first legislative accomplishments over 35 years ago and to this day remains one of our Coalition’s top funding priorities.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
Editor’s Note: This blog post is the first in a two-part series through which NSAC examines the latest Census of Agriculture in more detail. This post explores some of the high-level themes from across the Census, while the subsequent post will take deeper dives into conservation and local foods. Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
acousticguitar.com | Adam Perlmutter |Nick Rossi |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Wondering Where the Lions Are Bruce Cockburn Bruce Cockburn Jul-Aug 1990 Arabesque Bryan Johanson Bryan Johanson Jul-Aug 1990 Snow Prince Larry Coryell Larry Coryell Jul-Aug 1990 Watch Baby Fall David Bromberg David Bromberg Sep-Oct 1990 Our Time Russ Barenberg Russ Barenberg Sep-Oct 1990 Strolling, from Six Mixtures Stephen Funk Pearson Stephen Funk Pearson Sep-Oct 1990 Sally Goodin Traditional Sep-Oct 1990 Canon in G Christopher Parkening Georg Philipp Telemann Nov-Dec 1990 Steamboat Gwine...
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
acousticguitar.com | Alan Barnosky |Nick Rossi |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |Greg Ruby
Django Reinhardt had an unparalleled technique stemming from the most unfortunate of circumstances. On October 26, 1928, at the age of 18, the young guitarist returned home from a gig. As he entered his caravan, a candle fell over and set the place ablaze. While Reinhardt and his wife escaped, much of his body was badly burned. Against the odds, he recovered, but it took over a year until he began playing the guitar again.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series explores the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like. This series was created in collaboration with the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance and Dr. Cathy Day of Cathy Day Consulting. Find the first post in this series here.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
sustainableagriculture.net | Nick Rossi
Earlier this month, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced over $27 million in grants to 41 organizations across the country for outreach and technical assistance to underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers.
