…Army, Veteran Outreach Coordinator, National AgrAbility Project, West Lafayette, IN Staff Sergeant Eric Grandon, (Ret.) U.S. Army, Sugar Bottom Farm, Ovapa, WV, on behalf of the West Virginia Warriors and…
Funding for Critical Water Research
…Area. Examples of previously funded projects include a grant for the University of Nevada-Reno’s Coordinated Agricultural Project to assess the impacts of climate change on future water supplies and enhance…
Honey Bee Colony Health Survey Results
…for a total of $16.8 million in grant funding for research projects with an emphasis on pollinator health; The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is organizing a national bee genebank as…
Pilot Program to Protect Children from Fumigants
…of a model program to enhance protections when pesticides are used near schools. The pilot project — first of its kind in the state – provides five-day notice when fumigants…
CVP Water Allocation Limiting Big Cotton Year
Leaders say low water projections for the Central Valley Project (CVP) are unexplainable and have limited high projections for this year’s cotton production. Allocation Limiting Big Cotton Year Industry leaders…
$10 Million in Green Energy Research
…College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y., $906,722 North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Durham, N.C., $1,873,987 The Department of Energy funded projects by Ohio State University and the Massachusetts Institute…
Agri View: Olives in Florida?
…trees are giving fruit. He has a lot riding on the Florida Olive Systems, Inc., project that is being funded by the Ford/Veech family. “Planting olives is not for the…
Therapy for Veterans
…in this project that our nation’s war veterans deserve a peaceful death with dignity. Central Oregon Veterans Ranch is a 19-acre ranch property located between Bend and Redmond where veterans…
Fighting Drought With Soil
…nine research and extension centers from the Oregon border to the Mexican border. “Having agricultural research stations throughout the state is a huge part of this project,” Ying said. “It…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…activity book, which insert the teaching of agriculture — specifically almonds — into the classroom. “California is the number one agricultural-producing state, with 80% of the world’s almonds grown here,”…
Musical Vegetables
…experimental Electronic, Free Jazz, Noise, Dub, Clicks’n’Cuts – the musical scope of the project expands never-endingly, and recently-developed vegetable instruments and their inherent sounds often determine the stylistic direction. A…
HLB Bacteria Isolates Can Vary
…earlier in a tree. Experts working on the project say that the isolates differ according to the region and that relationship needs to be understood. Isolates Can Vary UC Riverside…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…into the AFRI Food Security Challenge Area, which funds projects that increase agricultural productivity and the availability and accessibility of safe, nutritious food. Fiscal year 2015 projects receiving support today…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market Promotion Program grants that support direct-to-consumer marketing activities in cities, and Local Food Promotion Program grants that support food hubs, farm-to-retail, and related projects. National…