How the federal budget process works
…must fund by law. These include Social Security and Medicare (programs for the elderly), which are directed by eligibility laws that Congress reviews from time to time. Food stamps and…
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Economic development policy: Backgrounder and update on research trends, 2013
…African villages to address a range of challenges in agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, gender inequality and business development. Sachs’s latest research paper, “Development, Structure, and Transformation: Some Evidence on Comparative…
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Solid waste disposal and landfill gas collection: Research
…the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to get restaurants, food manufacturers and others involved in helping cut food waste in half by 2030. Making less garbage would save money,…
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How business interests shaped US public records law: Q&A with Jeannine Relly
…from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the amount of federal funding grocery stores get for food stamps. Argus Leader reporters were trying to identify fraud. In 1974, the U.S….
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Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification
…every additional dollar invested in agricultural yields has resulted in 68 fewer kilograms of carbon (kgC) emitted. The authors find that investment in agriculture innovations and helping ensure that virgin…
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Academic research and studies: How they work and why journalists should care
…Sacramento Bee “The Unpersuaded: Who Listens to a President?” The New Yorker “Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable,” Time Studies can also be used to…
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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity
…and soil organic matter increase with plant richness.” “[The] loss of higher consumers can cascade through a food web to influence plant biomass. Loss of one or a few top…
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Key data- and research-oriented government agencies that media members should know about
…topics (from “agriculture” to “veterans issues”), type of publication, congressional session and budgetary function (050 is “national defense,” for example). The “Our Products” portal is a good landing page to…
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Brain drain: Does tying college aid to residency keep graduates in state?
…of Agriculture Journal, 2016. Abstract: “Rural areas in the U.S. face the challenge of academically talented high school graduates who leave to pursue postsecondary education and often never return. This…
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2020 census: How undercounts and overcounts can hurt US communities
…Medicaid and food stamps to highway construction and special education. Despite the significant time and money spent conducting each decennial census, certain groups of residents consistently are “undercounted,” or have…
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