Impacting Animal Health and Food Security Policy

National Animal Health and Food Security Policy

Global Warming and Livestock – the Science, Politics, and Beliefs and how they may affect food security.

March 25 through March 28, 2013

Program Materials

Legislative Activity, 113th Congress, SB7

GAO (Government Accountability Office) Risks to the U.S.

GAO Documents on Climate Change

USDA Climate Change Adaptation Plan

USDA Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States

National Climate Assessment – Agriculture

National Climate Assessment – Adaptation

EPA Agriculture and Impacts

Background on Organizations

American Farm Bureau http://www.fb.org/

FRAC http://frac.org/initiatives/snapfood-stamp-challenges/

USDA NRCS http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/technical/nra/ceap/?cid=stelprdb1041269

EPA http://www.epa.gov/

AVMA GRD https://www.avma.org/Advocacy/National/Congress/Pages/AVMA-GRD-Staff-Lobbying-Responsibilities.aspx

Supplemental Program Materials

“Research, evidence and policymaking”