…strong next generation of farmers and ranchers by improving access to land and capital; building new markets and market opportunities; and extending new conservation opportunities. USDA has developed new markets…
Motor Fuel Choices
Cathy Isom fills us in about the number of fuel choices for drivers filling up at the pump. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Motor Fuel Choices When…
Avocado Consumption
…coming up on This Land of Ours. Eating Avocados 15 years ago the average American consumed about two and half pounds of avocados. Today it’s seven and a half pounds…
Thanksgiving Dinner Savings
Today Cathy Isom has some money-saving tips to help make your Thanksgiving meal a little more affordable. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Thanksgiving Dinner Savings Still a…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…USDA Climate Hubs offer detailed vulnerability assessments for regional sensitivities and adaptation strategies for working lands. The Hubs have produced numerous decision support tools and outreach materials to help land…
Vilsack: A GI Bill For Farm Land Access?
The Agriculture Secretary says being creative with the next Farm Bill could help expand access for veterans entering careers on the farm or ranch. Rod Bain has the story. a-gi-bill-for-farm-land-access…
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
…from across the country attended the two-day, hands-on learning session hosted in partnership with the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA), the Farmer Veteran Coalition, and California FarmLink. “It’s no…
Vertical Gardening
Cathy Isom tells us about an up and coming trend in gardening for anyone limited on space. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Vertical Gardening Growing your own…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…for this CRP working-lands conservation program. These offers are predominantly larger acreage ranchland in Western states. The new practice for small-scale livestock grazers aims, in part, to encourage greater diversity…
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…support a strong next generation of farmers and ranchers by improving access to land and capital; building new markets and market opportunities; and extending new conservation opportunities. USDA has developed…
Turkey Hotline Busy
…Land of Ours. Turkey Hotline Busy We are still weeks away from carving that Turkey, but folks at the Agriculture Department’s Meat and Poultry Hotline report. We’re Busy. Marianne Gravely…
Agri View: Farm Progress
…century. Listen carefully. In 1850 it required 75 to 90 hours of labor and three acres of land to produce 100 bushels of corn. That’s two week’s paid labor today….
Project to Expand Green Business in California
…EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, announced the grant at Mandela Foods Cooperative, in West Oakland, one of several local businesses to “go green” with CARB’s assistance. “Pollution…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…new approaches, leveraging environmental markets and improving the ability to measure the impact of conservation actions on the landscape. For example, The Climate Trust has launched a Working Lands Carbon…