…pesticide use in the general vicinity of schools. Three Pajaro Valley Unified schools – Ohlone and Hall Elementary, and Pajaro Middle School – will receive five days’ advance notice for…
People’s Garden
…working together to establish community and school gardens that incorporate sustainable practices and improve communities across the country. Through this Initiative USDA demonstrates that the simple act of planting a…
Agri View: Pollinator Extinction
…“is primarily due to changes in land use, intensive agricultural practices and pesticide use, alien invasion species, diseases and pest, and climate change,” says IPBES Vice Chair Robert Watson. Read…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…an activity book, for elementary schools in California’s Central Valley. The lesson plans, “California Almonds: An Almond Story,” offer a unit outline for educators to teach students about the history…
Farming from the Heart- FFA State Convention
…from Paso Robles FFA, is a freshman in high school, Gillian Umphenour from Atascadero FFA is a junior in high school, and Erica Bowles from the Nipomo FFA chapter is…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…today during an event opening a new school community garden at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore. The idea for the Toolkit was originally conceived at a USDA Urban Agriculture…
NMPF Announces Staff Reorganization; Welcomes Two New Employees
…She graduated with a degree in poultry science. While in school, Hampton worked as the communications intern for the Animal Agriculture Alliance. For the past year, Hampton has provided industry…
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…compared with pesticide application data maintained by County Agricultural Commissioners and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. In addition, NASS looked at data collected on the Almond Nursery Sales Report….
EPA Efforts To Address Pollinator Health
…Protection Plans Carleton says part of his agency’s effort to address pollinator health concerns involves review and risk assessments of one particular class of pesticides. Review Of Neonicotinoid Pesticide Class…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…food hub, and farm to school program. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, the Arcadia Center brings local produce to neighborhoods that would otherwise have limited access to fresh food. Rural Development’s…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…Mass., was forced to close schools and limit hospital services as it raced to fix a pipe that had burst. In 2009, the mayor of Warren, Mich., called a state…
Farm Camp
…summer. (Ages 5–12; petersenfarm.com) Webberville, Michigan Northfork Farm & Outback’s sleepaway sessions school the junior horsey set in riding, grooming, stall-mucking, and calf-roping. Off-saddle camp fun: a re-created Old West…
U.C. Berkeley Recognized
…green infrastructure could be integrated into a broad area of a school’s campus, and the Demonstration Project category, which examines how green infrastructure could be integrated into a particular site…
CA Students Honored
…broader school community to care for the environment.” As a fifth-grader at Meadows Elementary School, Joshua was inspired to do a water conservation project after learning about California’s drought. Working…