Posts Tagged ‘K-State

In 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.

On Monday the Kansas Bioscience Authority announced that the NBAF had recieved additional funding in President Obama’s budget. Here’s an follow-up story from the Lawrence Journal World about the funding. Here’s the story: “A $150 million allocation within President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget is good news for the federal biosecurity lab slated for Manhattan. “If [...]

Earlier today the Kansas Bioscience Authority announced that the next part of the construction for the NBAF has been funded by President Obama’s budget. Here are the details from KBA President Tom Thornton: Assuring a safe and secure food supply remains a national priority, according to the Obama administration’s 2012 budget proposal released on Monday, [...]

Earlier today, the Heartland BioAgro Consortium sent out an update about the progress of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility and a recent report released by the National Research Council. Here are the key points: In recent months, we’ve seen significant progress on the NBAF in Kansas. Representatives from the White House Office of Science [...]

There’s a great article in today’s Lawrence Journal World about the work of the the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI). The BRI has already started on some of the research that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will continue. This gives the NBAF a head start on researching these crucial issues, and is one of the [...]

This video highlights when the NBAF, Manhattan, and K-State are such a great fit. The combination of experience from K-State and the expertise of the NBAF will be an excellent tool in protecting our nation’s food supply and agricultural economy.

Here is another great podcast from K-State University discussing why Manhattan was chosen as the site for the NBAF, and how this will protect our nation’s food supply. Listen to it here.

An exhaustive, six-year process has gone into the planning of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to ensure that accelerated research to protect the American food supply and agriculture economy is done in the most safe, secure, and effective manner possible. Three of those six years included the development of two environmental impact statements (EIS) [...]

In case you missed it, earlier this week DVM Magazine had a great article about the work and progress of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. With construction slated to start this fall, the excitement about the food and agriculture capabilities is building throughout the industry. Check out the entire article here, and [...]

Earlier this week, the Biosecurity Research Symposium was held in Kansas City. As part of the conference, the work of the NBAF and the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) at K-State was highlighted. One of the reasons that Manhattan is such a good fit for the NBAF is because of the work that has already begun [...]


NBAF in Kansas


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.


 

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