Dear Colleague:
As you may know, the National Research Council (NRC) is the
operational arm of the not-for-profit, nongovernmental, independent
National Academy of Sciences.
This week, the NRC's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources will
launch its inaugural e-newsletter, which will provide an update 4
times a year on NRC studies and other activities organized under the
auspices of the Board. We also plan to use the newsletter as way to
seek feedback on ideas for studies and workshops that the Board is developing.
As it is our goal to keep you informed, and not just fill up your
inbox, we think a quarterly newsletter is a reasonable proposition.
As an enticement to subscribe, I will note that the inaugural
newsletter will include announcements of the membership of two new,
important study committees:
Committee to Review the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
(AFRI) - this is USDA's flagship competitive grants program
and Committee to update the Nutrient Requirements of Beef (8th
edition) - one of the mostly highly regarded and widely read
references on beef, important for reasons of animal health and
production, feed ingredients, and the environment.
I hope you will sign up. It takes about 15 seconds and all you need
to do is to click
<http://dels.nas.edu/global/banr/SubscribeNewsletter>HERE.
http://dels.nas.edu/global/banr/SubscribeNewsletter
Feel free to forward this email to colleagues interested in issues
related to the science and policy surrounding food, agriculture, and
natural resources.
Sincerely,
Robin Schoen
Director
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR)
The National Academies (National Research Council)
500 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-334-2236 tel
202-3341978 fax
<http://dels.nas.edu/banr>http://dels.nas.edu/banr
