…country. NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and extension and seeks to make transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science,…
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,”…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…Agriculture (USDA) awarded $16.5 million in grants to support research into methods for boosting agriculture productivity and ensuring food security in the face of pests, diseases and a changing climate….
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
Online Resource Draws on USDA’s and Partners’ Experience with Launching and Sustaining Urban Agriculture Operations Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled theUSDA Urban Agriculture Toolkit, a new resource created by USDA’s…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…(AMR). This funding is available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, and administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)….
Latest Push To Combat Citrus Greening
Researchers studying ways to address citrus greening will soon have more support in their efforts through USDA funding availability. Rod Bain has the story. Latest Push To Combat Citrus Greening…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a program funded in part by BETO. Since then, BETO has competitively awarded additional funding to Lygos through the Small Business Vouchers Pilot, an…
Benefits of SWEEP Program
…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…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) announced cooperative agreements with 55 partners to educate farmers and other producers that have been underserved by USDA programs historically about Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs…
NRCS Hosts Mid-year Advisory Meeting
…technical support and Farm Bill funding assistance,” said Suarez. “Ongoing input from attendees is critical to help us prioritize conservation needs throughout the state.” The meeting’s agenda includes the following:…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…Image courtesy of NRCS. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $2 million to help farmers install edge-of-field stations that monitor water quality as it leaves their…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…problem is being felt most acutely in the West, where drought conditions and increased water use have helped turn lush agricultural areas to dust. But dangers also lurk underground, in…
Farm Camp
…Nothing against archery, canoeing, or lanyard crafts, but agrarian experiences are where it’s at right now. And these summer camps afford children ages 4 to 16 the opportunity to milk…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…Agriculture The 2016 SWEEP funding arises from Budget Act of 2015, SB 101, (Chapter 321, Statues of 2015), which authorizes CDFA to “support greenhouse gas emission reductions through water and…