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  Category: Department of Agriculture


Delaware jockeys help grow nutrition education program

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2013

Delaware jockeys are continuing their support of a nutrition program to help improve jockey health and safety on the state’s racetracks with a recent donation.




Delaware agriculture marketing and research projects receive federal funding

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Monday, October 21, 2013

Five marketing and research projects supporting Delaware crops will receive nearly $230,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee announced today.




Smokey Bear takes fire safety message to Delaware’s largest kindergarten program (photos)

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2013

535 kindergarten students at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Magnolia learned fire safety from Smokey Bear as part of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual education program. Located in the Caesar Rodney School District, McIlvaine is the largest kindergarten program in the First State.




Forest Service and Smokey Bear Spread Fire Safety Message to First-Grade Students

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013

As part of National Fire Prevention Month in October, Smokey Bear will be visiting classrooms with the Delaware Forest Service’s yearly fire prevention education programs targeted to first-grade students in the state’s private, public, and charter schools. Ashley Peebles coordinates the successful effort that reaches around 9,000 students annually.




Sussex County Horse Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013

A horse from Sussex County has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, the Delaware Department of Agriculture announced today.







  Category: Department of Agriculture

Delaware jockeys help grow nutrition education program

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Monday, October 28, 2013

Delaware jockeys are continuing their support of a nutrition program to help improve jockey health and safety on the state’s racetracks with a recent donation.




Delaware agriculture marketing and research projects receive federal funding

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Monday, October 21, 2013

Five marketing and research projects supporting Delaware crops will receive nearly $230,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee announced today.




Smokey Bear takes fire safety message to Delaware’s largest kindergarten program (photos)

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2013

535 kindergarten students at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Magnolia learned fire safety from Smokey Bear as part of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual education program. Located in the Caesar Rodney School District, McIlvaine is the largest kindergarten program in the First State.




Forest Service and Smokey Bear Spread Fire Safety Message to First-Grade Students

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013

As part of National Fire Prevention Month in October, Smokey Bear will be visiting classrooms with the Delaware Forest Service’s yearly fire prevention education programs targeted to first-grade students in the state’s private, public, and charter schools. Ashley Peebles coordinates the successful effort that reaches around 9,000 students annually.




Sussex County Horse Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Department of Agriculture | Date Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013

A horse from Sussex County has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, the Delaware Department of Agriculture announced today.