…women. FSA offers a variety of loan products, including farm ownership loans, operating loans and microloans that have a streamlined application process. Growers need not apply for an FSA loan,…
Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
…qualified candidates, especially among women and minorities, and I hope that trend continues.” To be eligible to serve on a FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in…
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Socially-Disadvantaged Producers
…agriculture is becoming increasingly diverse in many ways, with more minorities and women seeking to enter the field, as well as greater diversity in the age of farmers, the size…
USDA Announces Grants to Enable More Farmers Markets to Serve Low-Income Families
…Program, these programs include the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, the National School Lunch Program, and the Summer Food Service Program which together comprise America’s nutrition…
A Day in Marin: Farmers Share a Passion for a Place Called California
…integral our farming and ranching families are to the identity of Marin and so many other California communities. I met dairymen and women whose great-great-grandparents started out as farm-workers on…
SNAP/CalFresh Sign-Up Event for Local Farmers’ Markets
…Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants and the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) to provide low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…eliminate poverty. 5. We must ensure sexual equality, and guarantee women control over their own reproductive decisions. The developed nations are the largest polluters in the world today. They must…
Data Collection
Sabrina Hill gives us information today on a new panel working to develop farmer data collection recommendations on women and beginning farmers. Data Collection…
2015 Lake County Walnut Update to be Held
…8 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Scotts Valley Women’s Club, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport. The facility is wheelchair accessible. Topics will include an overview of the 2014…
Women in Agriculture Through Photography
Marji Guyler-Alaniz As part of Ag Day celebrations USDA showcased women in agriculture through a photo exhibit at the Department headquarters in Washington, DC. Cathy Isom has the story. Women…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review March 20
…bringing jobs back to the U.S., picturing women in agriculture, kids talk nutrition and being climate wise with Woodsy Owl. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.rd.usda.gov www.fns.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
NCBA and PLC Accepting Fall Internship Applications
…the opportunity to work alongside staff on a range of issues that impact U.S. cattlemen and women,” Butts said. “The internship is designed to work closely with the lobbying team…
97 Percent of All U.S. Farms are Family-Owned, USDA Reports
…the Census typology report, including Highlights, infographics and maps, visit www.agcensus.usda.gov. To learn more demographic data about women farmers, join a USDA Google+ Hangout on March 18, 2015 at 2…
California Ag Day, National Agriculture Week Just Around the Corner
…the Classroom. This spring, Agriculture in the Classroom will partner with CDFA and the California Women for Agriculture to host California Ag Day 2015 as part of National Ag Week…