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November 19, 2008 -- Forest Service Announces "Great Green Things Award" Winners (PDF;25Kb) October 23, 2008 - Proposed USDA rule designates 9 additional biobased items for Federal procurement (PDF;106Kb) October 22, 2008 - USDA Cafeteria Now Selling BioPreferred "Green Bottle Spring Water" September 2008 -- BioPreferred Designated Fertilizer Applied to Whitten Lawn
August 2008 -- Government Executive Magazine Features BioPreferred and Green Purchasing -- "Tracking Greenbacks."
July 28, 2008 -- CFO/CIO and DA implement new IT workstation configuration policy to conserve energy. (PDF;585Kb) July 28, 2008 New! BioPreferred - Labeling Rule Public Meeting Presentation with Questions July 8, 2008 USDA announces July 22 as Date for BioPreferred Labeling Rule Public Hearing (PDF;492Kb)
June 10, 2008 - USDA Receives "Closing the Circle" Award for Environmental Stewardship June 3, 2008 - First Edition of DA's Energy News | PDF version (740Kb) May 14, 2008 USDA Designates 27 new Biobased Items for Federal Procurement April 29, 2008 USDA Wins White House Closing the Circle Award for Green Purchasing
April 25, 2008 - USDA Conducts First BioPreferredSM Showcase at GSA Expo March 2008 Landscape Architecture Magazine Features Sustainable Landscaping Ideas for USDA Whitten Building on the National Mall USDA Prime Design. March 13, 2008 - Ten Simple Things to Reduce Our Environmental Foot Print
March 12, 2008 - USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Scientists Develop Break Thru Process for BioPlastic Manufacturing
February 5, 2008 - USDA Holds First BioPreferred Biobased Product Showcase Commentary: "Agriculture Takes Lead on Biobased Purchases"
February 4, 2008 - "In Agricultures Cafeteria, everythings organic" (PDF;875Kb)
February 1, 2008 - Greening the New Year (PDF;555Kb) January 15, 2008 - The USDA Headquarters (HQ) Green Team unveils their new web site (located at www.usda.gov/da/HQs_GreenTeam/)
Dec. 31, 2007 - Heres How Were Unplugging -- At Our USDA Worksites To Conserve Energy, USDA News (Vol. 66 No. 6) (PDF;338Kb) December 19, 2007 - DA Implements New Duplex Policy (PDF;252Kb)
Fall 2007, Issue 44 - Closing the Circle News ; USDA E-Cycling Highlighted. See p. 18 (PDF;955Kb) Nov. 30, 2007 - USDA Hosts Sustainable Landscape Conference (PDF;117Kb) Nov. 20, 2007 - Results of "USDA Unplugged" (PDF;107Kb) Nov. 19, 2007 - Forest Service Going Greener: Hosts Sustainable Operations Conference
Nov. 07, 2007 - USDA Leads Efforts to Streamline Procurement of Biobased Products Oct. 03, 2007 - USDA Partners with DoE, HUD, EPA on Energy Star Campaign (PDF;181Kb)
Aug. 03, 2007 - APHIS National Veterinary Services Lab Wins 2007 Governor's Iowa Environmental Excellence Award (PDF;814 Kb) Aug. 02, 2007 - Biobased Stakeholders Meeting (PDF;50Kb)
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