…greenhouse gases, diverted more than 1.5 million tons of waste from landfills, and saved more than 754 million gallons of water. EPA’s Pollution Prevention grant program supports projects that reduce…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…provide new conservation opportunities through its competitive Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. Through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the department will invest up to $25 million for projects that…
Almond Board: Spatial Mapping Data Uses
In this Almond Update, we conclude our three part series on the new almond mapping project. For the past two years, Almond Board of California (ABC), through a partnership with…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…than current greenhouse and field production systems. Details on all of the SBIR projects announced are available on NIFA’s SBIR webpage. Recent examples of successful NIFA-funded SBIR projects include work…
NMPF Pres. Commemorates Centennial / Sets Path for Future
…sustainable agriculture production is broader than dairy, Mulhern added. The farming community must continue to project a unified voice as it dispels false marketing claims about biotechnology and other claims…
Teal Pumpkins
…that means the homeowners will be passing out non-food items – for trick or treaters with food allergies. The Teal Pumpkin Project was started in 2014 as a national campaign…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…interns and mentors traveling to Salinas to visit a broccoli field where researchers are collecting data for CropManage. The project, which began as a solely FREP-funded project to provide a…
Almond Board: Importance of Spatial Mapping
In this Almond Update, we have part two of our three part series on the new almond mapping project. For the past two years, Almond Board of California (ABC), through…
Rural Mainstreet Index Reaches Lowest Level Since Recession
…impact. Bank CEOs project that more than one in five grain farmers, or 21.6 percent, will suffer negative cash flows for 2016. “This is 2.0 percent higher than the July…
Informa Expects More Soybeans In 2017
Informa Economics is predicting that soybeans will take away a significant number of acres from corn and wheat during the 2017 planting season. They project the number of acres planted…
Funding for Organic Agriculture Research, Education-Extension Projects
…for work with Native American stakeholders to develop a self-sustaining organic tribal bison production system. Another project with Downstream Strategies, LLC, produced a report, Overcoming the Market Barriers to Organic…
Help for Low-Income Families to Purchase Fruits and Veggies
…be submitted by eligible government agencies and nonprofit organizations in three categories: pilot projects requesting less than $100,000 over one year, multi-year community-based projects requesting less than $500,000 over no…
Agriculture in the Classroom: Two Tulare County Teachers Team Up
…in the Classroom for her #FindYourFavoriteFridays project. She was named the organization’s 2015 Outstanding Educator of the Year for her commitment to agricultural education. This past September, she was invited…
Almond Board: Spatial Database Project
At the upcoming Almond Conference, the Almond Board is presenting a new spatial database project that puts California almonds on the map – literally. The Almond Board worked with Land…