…Agriculture Department is designed to restore, create, or enhance wetland eco-systems. Agriculture Secretary talked with reporters last Thursday about the wetland mitigation banking program. “It gives farmers the ability if…
Food Prices pt. 2
…Agriculture Dept. Food Pricing Economist Anne Marie Kuhns is projecting we will not see any food groups declining in price this year. The best we could hope for at least…
Snowpack: What a Difference a Year Makes
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released it’s latest water and climate update which shows a a big difference in snowpack totals from a year ago. Courtesy: USDA USDA…
Agri View: Cost of Food
…restaurants and agriculture for the Asheville Citizen-Times. Lunsford has lived in the Asheville area since the ’90s, and spent many years cooking professionally before entering the field of food writing…
Women’s Conference Provides Management, Leadership Skills
…Lilia McFarland, new farmer coordinator at the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Bridget Holcomb, executive director of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network; Dr. Shannon Ferrell, associate professor at Oklahoma State…
Global Cleantech Recognizes Ag Companies
…agriculture, and helping the farming industry use the latest technology to combat the challenges of climate change and dwindling water resources. “Agriculture is currently in the early stage of a…
Almond Board: New Incentive to Reduce Dust
…incentives to chip rather than burn orchard debris. The cleaner harvest technology was studied in part using the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG). The grants are designed to stimulate the…
Nevada Ranch Wins Environmental Stewardship Award
…of their resources while feeding the world through production agriculture. The operation consists of approximately 198,000 acres of owned (deeded) and leased (public land grazing permit) land. Read more NCBA….
USDA Seeks Proposals for Market-Based Wetland Protection Systems
…from development, but can also be used to offset impacts from agriculture. A small number of banks have been developed in the U.S. specifically to assist agriculture, and the mitigation…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for January 28
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Agri View: Eat Healthy
…put forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), provide science-based advice for individuals over the age of two to promote health and reduce the risk of major chronic diseases….
A Proposal To Augment USDA’s Summer Meals Program
…of those students are able to get to a meal site and take part in the agriculture department summer meal program. “We think the time has come for us to…
Four Californians Selected to Air Quality Task Force
…such as the Environmental Protection Agency. The task force advises the Secretary of Agriculture on air quality and its relationship to agriculture based on sound scientific findings; Reviews research on…
USDA, Microsoft Announce Innovation Challenge Winners
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Microsoft officials announced the winners of the USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge, in which contestants used USDA agriculture production open data to develop online tools that can…