…make food choices both healthful and appealing to students. Perdue made the announcement during a visit to Catoctin Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia to mark School Nutrition Employee Week. Perdue…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Seeks Nominees
…the stewardship of the natural resources on their land. As the most productive agricultural state in the nation, with some of the most dazzling ecosystems and landscapes, California farmers and…
Western View: Is Global Warming Real?
…most complex, chaotic, non-linear natural systems we know, and it is in a constant state of flux. He says that the best evidence indicates that the warming at the end…
Almond Growers Check Effects of Rain at Bloom
…good statewide crop, but certainly not a record crop,” said Franz Niederholzer, University of California Cooperative Extension orchard systems farm advisor in Colusa. “The weather was rotten during early bloom…
Trump Administration Commits to Continued Staunch Defense of U.S. Food and Beverage Manufacturers Using Common Food Names
…particularly by the European Union (EU). The report highlighted ongoing threats to U.S. companies that legally use common food names both within the United States and in global trade. USTR’s…
ARS Geneticist Edward Buckler Receives First National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Edward Buckler is the first person to receive the National Academy of Science’s (NAS) Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences. Buckler will be recognized for…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Bipartisan Breakfast with House Agriculture Leaders
…Member, MN-07), Robert Aderholt (Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, AL-04), and Sanford Bishop (Ranking Member, GA-02). Following the…
Farm Bureau Welcomes Decision to Improve NAFTA
…the food and agricultural industries and beyond. The fact is, 95 percent of the world’s consumers live outside of the United States and over 20 percent of U.S. farm income…
Farm Bureau Responds to President’s Tax Plan
…not add to the challenges of growing our nation’s food, fuel and fiber. We are ready to work with the administration and Congress to address all of agriculture’s needs in…
Natural Make-up
Cathy Isom looks into the world of natural make-up. She gives you some foods that you can eat and also wear. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours….
Farmers Share of the Food Dollar is Still Low
…dollar. The food dollar series for the USDA’s Economic Research Service measures annual spending by consumers on domestically produced food. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Share…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…programs in the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences. NIFA investments also help upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment necessary to conduct tropical and subtropical agricultural research…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
…antimicrobial-use practices in 2016 before FDA’s implementation of policies that eliminated the use of medically important antimicrobials for growth promotion purposes in food-producing animals and required veterinary oversight of such…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) food safety guidelines into a variety of agricultural production and processing systems, including conventional, sustainable and organic systems. New projects will focus on, but are not…