Nalley's Closes Plant, Getting Quieter & Kids Act Passes

Nalley's Closes Plant, Getting Quieter & Kids Act Passes

 Nalley’s Closes Plant, Getting Quieter & Kids Act Passes plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

 

The Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on Thursday, a bill that provides an additional $4.5 billion over 10 years to federal child nutrition programs including school lunch. If signed into law, it will be the first time that the federal government has increased funding for the programs in 30 years. Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut says it’s important for kids.

DELAUROL: The Hunger-Free Kids Act represents a much needed commitment to the health and the well being of our school children.

The House on Thursday gave final congressional approval to a bill that would prevent advertisers from abruptly raising the volume to catch the attention of viewers wandering off when regular programming is interrupted. Once the President signs the legislation the FCC will have one year to adopt industry standards.

 

The parent company of the Nalley's Chili plant in Tacoma announced Friday plans to close the factory. Pinnacle Foods Group owns the plant and said the plant will consolidate and move to its Armour canned meat plant in Fort Madison, Iowa. Approximately 160 people work at the Tacoma plant. Employees will be given 60 days notice prior to the closing, and given options to apply for other jobs within the company,

 

Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.

 

The Thanksgiving holiday is well behind us, and even the leftovers are a distant memory. Everybody knows what that means, Christmas decorating, shopping, and planning is in full swing. Quite frankly, Christmas decorations have been in the stores since about last July, so those of us who are early birds when it comes to buying gifts can say we already have our present shopping done; of course we are ducking and running as we offer up this irritating little tidbit of information to our stressed and harried friends and co-workers. But for those still searching for that perfect gift there is help out there. Searching for gift ideas for the farmer, rancher, or do it yourselfer on your list? There are web sites dedicated to just that, with anything from multi-tool gadgets, and extreme weather outer wear, to metric conversion guides and windshield mounting devices for mobile phones or BlackBerries. Whatever you do, don’t stress yourself out over gift buying and giving. Remember, the best presents don’t always come from a store or with hefty price tags, showing love and affection to family and friends, and kind consideration to strangers is a priceless gift.  And yes, I’m ducking and running.

 

Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.


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