Reebok will begin making shoes from corn and organic cotton later this year. The initiative is an effort to create more sustainable products. A Reebok spokesperson says: “Reebok is trying…
Funding to Support Disaster Preparedness
…for teens. This project delivers the certified Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) curriculum, career exploration, smoke alarm awareness, CPR/AED certification, and disaster simulation training to develop sustainable youth preparedness…
USDA Announces $150.2 Million in Funding through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
…agricultural sciences to address a range of societal and global challenges such as food security, food safety, sustainable agriculture, and rural entrepreneurship. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food…
David Lewis to receive Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
…restaurants in California and an agritourism venture in Belize — on the topic of expanding awareness and access to sustainable foods. Fernald was recently recognized in Food & Wine’s “40…
Organizations Urge Appropriators to Protect Conservation Funding
…fiscal year (FY) 2018. The groups, which included the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation…
USDA Announces $1.2 Million to Support Aquaculture Research Projects
…nation’s aquaculture industry thrives.” The Aquaculture Research Competitive Grants Program supports development of an environmentally and economically sustainable U.S. aquaculture industry by generating new, science-based information and technology to address…
Subcommittee Examines Credit Programs in the Farm Bill
…Everest, KS, On Behalf of Independent Community Bankers of America Mr. Scott Marlow, Executive Director, Rural Advancement Foundation International USA, Pittsboro, NC, On behalf of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition…
Report Highlights Changes in Community Supported Agriculture Business Model
…to include new products, partnerships and technology to create sustainable local food businesses. The report was prepared through a cooperative research agreement between USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and the…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…sustainable crops,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “These NIFA investments will help expand this potential into profit for agricultural producers.” Alfalfa is a high-nutrition animal feed that also shows promise…
New Funding Opportunities for Higher Education
…in sustainable agriculture at Ohio State University and Central State University. A University of Michigan project supported an interdisciplinary sustainable food systems program to increase agricultural science degree enrollment among…
Funding to Support Research on Sustainable Water Use
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $34 million in available funding for projects that promote sustainable water use for food production, processing,…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…organic farmers are having to destroy 30 percent of their crop every season due to downy mildew, she added. “It’s not sustainable,” she said. “People who aren’t disking fields on…
CDFA Introduces the California Climate Investments Web Site
…public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. To date, nearly $3.4 billion has been appropriated by the State Legislature to state agencies implementing GHG…
General Mills to Commercialize Organic Perennial Wheat
…with The Land Institute, to support advanced research to measure the potential of Kernza to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production, determine best management practices for sustainable…