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26 Mar 2011This presentation, developed by the Department of Homeland Security, outlines the NBAF research mission. Additionally, it highlights the safety procedures and includes pictures of current BSL-4 facilities. The main goals of the NBAF are: Developing countermeasures such as vaccines and anti-viral therapies for foreign animal diseases Providing advanced test and evaluation capability to detect foreign [...]
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22 Mar 2011This article, done by Animal Pharm News, highlights why placing the NBAF in Manhattan will increase the security of our nation’s food supply, and encourage preventative research in a variety of bioscience and animal health areas. Here are a couple of excerpts: “…K-State is not only one of the premier animal science schools in the [...]
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1 Mar 2011Recently, Senators Moran and Roberts introduced a resolution in the United States Senate highlighting the importance of protecting our nation’s food supply and agriculture economy. You can read more about the resolution here. Here’s the text of the resolution: “Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Nation took notice of the global threat [...]
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19 Feb 2011In the following video, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins explains why our country needs the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and why it is so important to our nation’s food supply.
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8 Feb 2011Last year, Kansas Livestock Commission George Teagarden had a great editorial in the Manhattan Mercury. In this editorial he highlighted the agricultural heritage of Kansas, and the understanding that Kansans bring to the critical issues of food safety. Here are a couple of the highlights: “With its deep agriculture heritage, Kansas has long understood the [...]
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1 Feb 2011The federal government is taking decisive action to modernize the nation’s animal disease research infrastructure, with the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility set to bring our efforts to protect the food supply and agriculture economy into the 21st century. This is a very important development for American science — and one that some experts say [...]
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27 Jan 2011K-State, who is partnering with NBAF to protect America’s food supply, has a great podcast about why the NBAF project is so important. You can listen to it here.
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29 Nov 2010Last week, Cattle Network ran a great editoral about the recent report regarding safety features at the NBAF. The editorial agrees that America needs a safe, secure site that that will protect our nation’s food supply and agricultural economy. Here are the highlights: “… It’s particularly discouraging that this much-needed research facility is in danger [...]
Kansas State University has been selected as the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) — once
again highlighting the state’s deep agricultural heritage, bioscience expertise, research infrastructure, world-class animal
health industry, and strong public support.
The $650 million research facility will provide the country with an urgently needed, state-of-the-art lab to protect the food supply and agriculture economy. Kansas is exceptionally well suited to accelerate the achievement of this mission.