…Headquarters People’s Garden demonstrates several simple, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly practices that both beginner and expert gardeners can use to make our communities healthier places to live, work and play….
State Says Continue Water Savings
…the state, with limited drinking water supplies in some communities, diminished water for agricultural production and environmental habitat, and severely depleted groundwater basins. The executive order calls for long-term improvements…
$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…
Foreign Fruits-Veggies
…and Environment Oregon & OSPIRG on local and national political campaigns. His environmental journalism can be found throughout the web, which also includes regular contributions to sites like Ecolocalizer.com and…
People’s Gardens Across Government
…can more effectively exchange ideas about how to engage thousands of employees and improve employee health and wellness in the workplace. For 21 years my agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service,…
Wildland Fires in a Tube
…To study the potential health risks of breathing wildfire smoke, a major form of air pollution, researchers at EPA are now using a technology that mimics these phases of a…
Conservation Reserve Program Results
…Vilsack. “Over the past 30 years, CRP has created major environmental improvements throughout the countryside. The program has removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere equal to removing nine million cars…
Fighting Drought With Soil
…soil. The team, led by Samantha Ying, an assistant professor of environmental sciences at UC Riverside, received the grant from the University of California Office of the President. The funding…
Strengthen Rural Communities
…only been able to fund one out of 10 research proposals presented. While grants awarded to universities, non-profits, community groups, businesses, foundations, associations, and federal agency and international partnerships have…
Habitat for Wildlife and Pollinators
…of the agency’s special effort launched last year to establish monarch butterfly habitat in the southern Great Plains and Midwest. The monarch is one of the most familiar butterflies in…
Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
…in the crop protection, agricultural production and processing, precision agriculture, and information and data management sectors. “This fund is unique among other licensed RBICs in that it has broad support…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…Resources Conservation Service technical and financial assistance for drip irrigation and seasonal high tunnels to extend the growing season. Farm Services Agency microloans that provide up to $50,000 in financing…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…Risk Management Agency Regional Office in Davis, said considerable crop losses have been reported for prunes. Yasui said growers who suffer damage must report losses to their agent if they…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…(USDA) will provide a new financing option to help farmers purchase portable storage and handling equipment. Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Elanor…
