…from lower-margin less healthy products to higher-margin healthier products without increasing consumer budgets.” Payne and Niculescu recently received a large five-year grant from the USDA to create in-store marketing tools…
Lettuce Research Grant
Cal Poly Pomona Professor Awarded Major Grant for Lettuce Research A plant science professor at Cal Poly Pomona has received a $416,343 state grant to study how to grow lettuce…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Planning Grants
…million in grants to help with sustainable groundwater planning. The Proposition 1 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program provides funding for county projects that will develop groundwater plans consistent with the…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…irrigation water in their modeling. This research, which was part of a larger study of climate change and agriculture funded by a grant from the California Energy Commission, was also…
Farm to School Programs Invest in Local Economies
…Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative, which coordinates USDA’s work to support local and regional food systems. F2S Census data and F2S grant award information is available on the KYF2 Compass…
Farm Women and Consumers
…your community. Our Food Link Planning Toolkit (.pdf) Ag in the Classroom Grant Gets Students to the White House Students from the Sarah Moore Green Magnet Technology Academy in Knoxville,…
Diversified Ag Field for College Students
…diverse talent Managing cyclical nature of industry, perceptions and understanding Capitalizing on ‘agriculture’ as an area of focus Creating access, respecting land-grant mission Focus and state boundaries Utilizing technology in…
$20 Million Committed to Innovative Conservation Projects
…in competitive grants through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. The program aims to spark the development and adoption of cutting-edge conservation technologies and approaches for farmers, ranchers and other…
50 Years of School Breakfast
…snacks and meals, like school breakfast. For more information on the request for grant applications as well as summaries of activities conducted by previous grantees, visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/team-nutrition-training-grants. The School Breakfast…
Simplifying the Data Ownership Dilemma
…agronomic data ownership and control for the first time. The data agreements are simple and transparent by design, and grant full data ownership to the farmer. The agreements were strategically…
Asian Wasps Could Help Stink Bug Control
…accidental escapes from these secure facilities. The California research was funded with a grant from the CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, which was awarded to Charles Pickett, CDFA senior…
Farm Bureau Donations Benefit Hungry Americans
…the second-place winners received a $750 grant from Chevrolet to donate to the local food bank of their choice. In addition, three state YF&R committees received $500 grants from Chevrolet…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
…positively impact today’s, and tomorrow’s youth by empowering them to live healthier lives.” Schools that are interested in learning more about these grants should visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp-equipment-assistance-grants. i Kids’ Safe and…
Kern County Ag Community Promoting Spray Safe Effort
…California Department of Pesticide Regulation, which awarded a grant in the amount of $50,000 to assist other counties in adopting SpraySafe This year’s SpraySafe event in Kern County is once…