…an encore presentation of the Growing California video, “Strawberry Fields…Forever,” a look at a grower utilizing SWEEP as well assistance from CDFA’s Fertilizer Research Education Program (FREP). Sakakihara Farms, strawberry…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…the course of this Administration, with more than 350 now operational around the country thanks in part to support from USDA. Food hubs aggregate products from small and midsize farms…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…become affordable, more breeders must be distributed worldwide distribution of ostrich ranches increases, it will cause governments of nations with ostrich farms concern that the imported ostriches may carry with…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…selected as part of this effort share USDA’s priority of helping more Americans build successful farms and ranches.” Dolcini FSA, which solicited applications last fall, received nearly 100 proposals that…
Bison Our National Mammal
…owned bison on more than 2,500 bison ranches in the U.S. was estimated to exceed $336 million in 2014. Bison are being raised on American farms and ranches in nearly…
Farm Camp
…from. Day campers tend tomatoes and basil in the Pizza Garden, learn about composting, and collect eggs from the 4-acre farm’s popular Rhode Island Reds. (Ages 6–11; arcadiafood.org) Pocantico Hills,…
Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer”
…Scott Barao, Hedgeapple Farms • Buckeyestown, MD Brandon Whitt, Batey Farms • Blackman, TN Bill Beam, Beam Farms • Elverson, PA JoAnn Dawson, Fairwinds Farm & Stables • North East,…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…take care of them. They also know that leaving the land in better shape than they found it is the key to passing their farms and ranches down to the…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…million Californians and just under a million acres of irrigated farmland. The SWP provides the same allocation percentages to cities and farms Through the drought that began in 2012, agriculture…
Transitioning to Organic Certification
…of our gross sales- well worth it for the time it saved us in communicating our growing practices.” USDA’s strategic plan set out a goal of helping farms like Diggin’…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…study will determine if an integrated animal and crop production system is an economically feasible way to reduce tillage for certified organic farms. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…Tulare County farmer Chris Lange, who also farms in Fresno County, said he relies on water supplies from nine different agencies. Managing a farming operation in multiple locations with fluctuating…
Agri View: Pig Out
…developed nations, commercial farms house thousands of pigs in climate-controlled buildings. Pigs are a popular form of livestock, with more than one billion pigs killed each year worldwide, 100 million…
$4.7 Million Available in Grants
…food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects that address the needs of owners and operators of small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially-disadvantaged farmers, small processors, small fresh fruit…