…a virtual ceremony, officials from both countries noted how this latest partnership will take a more forward-thinking approach to food safety. “Our enhanced food safety partnership with our Mexican colleagues…
NRCS Names Priority Watershed Areas to Receive Financial Assistance
…press release. “These focused partnerships allow us to maximize the delivery of our conservation efforts and achieve greater improvements to water quality, which benefits the participating producers, the public, and…
California Conservation Project Receive $3.5 Million in Funding
A California conservation project is receiving significant funding support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conversation Service (NRCS). The project is being supported by the Regional Conservation Partnership…
UC Cooperative Extension and Colusa RCD launch ‘Soil Health Connection’
…supported by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Healthy Soils Program in partnership with Richter AG and Davis Ranch. The project is evaluating how soil moisture dynamics change with…
Housing for the Harvest Program Expands to Santa Barbara
…Joaquin County. The Community Foundation of San Joaquin County has been working on an Emergency Assistance Grants Program along with a Community Outreach Partnership to help further the effort. The…
UC Cooperative Extension to Investigate Healthy Soil Practices with CDFA Grants
…in partnership with a large influential vegetable grower in the Salinas Valley, the project aims to encourage broad scale practice adoption. Recent research has indicated the addition of organic amendments…
Wildfire Assistance from USDA Being Offered to Famers and Ranchers
…face unrelenting challenges such as high winds and dry lightning.” The wildfire assistance from USDA comes in many forms. The Disaster Resource Center has been created through a partnership between…
4-H Gives Incarcerated Youth Freedom to Try Their Hands at Growing Vegetables
…caused by the pandemic, Miller plans to continue the 4-H partnership with Mother Lode Regional Juvenile Correctional Facility on the garden project and other agricultural educational activities. As the pandemic…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: Pacific Northwest
Some tricks for Summer gardens in the Pacific Northwest to keep looking their very best. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Late summer marks the season for garden-fresh…
Tricks to Keep Summer Gardens Looking Their Best: Midwest
…bad. It’s also time to stop fertilizing roses for the growing season. On tomorrow’s program we will take a look at the tricks that keep gardens in the Pacific Northwest…
Project Applications Being Accepted for National RCPP
…for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The national RCPP provides funding support for conservation partnerships to improve water quality and reliability, enhance soil health, protect agricultural viability, and support…
Soil Health Case Studies Provide Growers with Valuable Insight
A series of soil health case studies have been produced through a partnership between American Farmland Trust (AFT) and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Through a Conservation Innovation Grant, the…
Farmers to Families Food Box Program Reaches 50 Million Boxes Delivered
…community health services director for Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska: “Definitely, there’s a need in the community. We’re not seeing the same people every week, which is a good…
Avocado Production Using a Trellis System?
…practice is viable. A recent partnership with Eurosemillas will bring some important funding support to the avocado varietal breeding program at UC Riverside. Program Leader, Mary Lu Arpaia said she’s…