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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

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The Government Accountability Office issued five new priority recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. White House : The Office of Science and Technology Policy released draft templates for disclosing current and pending sources of support in federal grant applications. Read the full report here.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) named the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee in the 118th Congress. The EPA’s Science and Technology budget increases to $802.27 Appropriators increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget $6.2 ESA webinar recording is available. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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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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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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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. . There is $180 billion pegged overall in the plan for investment in research and development and “technologies of the future.”.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

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Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) will be the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research and Biotechnology. Mike Collins (R-GA) will chair the Research and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. House Agriculture Committee: Ranking Member David Scott (D-GA) announced the Democratic leadership of the committee. Freshman Rep.

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ESA Policy News: January 23, 2023

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The Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee drafts the bill that funds the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, among other agencies. Among other US-China issues, the committee is expected to address US-China science and technology collaboration and research security.

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