…sciences. The project has a strong service learning component: 58 interns will grow food to be sold at farmers markets and donated to food-insecure families, including their own. Johnson County…
Central Valley Supports Food Supply Chains
…food hub and grocery store in South Fresno, a community education space and a processing and distribution facility to develop markets for agricultural producers in California’s San Joaquin Valley. FamilyFarmed…
Almond Board: A Thanksgiving Message
…While compliance is still a crucial part of its activities, the Board now engages in production, nutrition and market research, advertising and promotion in domestic and international markets, quality control…
Christmas Tree Promotion Board Members Named
…framework to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight, paid for by industry assessments, which…
Softwood Lumber Board Appointments
…industry, with a framework to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight, paid for by…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…of their paychecks at the grocery store than most people in other countries, and supports markets for homegrown renewable energy and materials. Since 2009, USDA has provided $5.6 billion in…
Lone Star Ranch Named 2016 California Leopold Conservation Award® Recipient
…says Paul Wenger, President of the California Farm Bureau. Volatile markets and unexpected weather often conspire to challenge the profitability of farmers and ranchers. Protecting and enhancing the natural resources…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…today include Ahold USA, Blue Apron, Bon Appétit Management Company, Campbell Soup Company, Conagra Brands, Delhaize America, General Mills, Kellogg Company, PepsiCo, Sodexo, Unilever, Walmart, Wegman’s Food Markets, Weis Markets…
Trump Election Leaves Agriculture Awaiting Clarification on Issues
…the horizon. Finally, the report predicts agriculture markets may be impacted by foreign exchange volatility in the short term as Trump takes office in January. From the National Association of…
Senate Ag Committee Urges Obama to Press China on Biotech Approvals
…they make. When the Chinese government fails to remain transparent, science-based, and timely in its regulatory process it impacts not only our farmers’ and ranchers’ abilities to access critical markets…
Ag Committee Concludes Two-Year Review of SNAP
…SNAP recipients the same sort of access to nutritious food. This capability, along with other innovations like mobile markets and nutrition incentive programs, have great potential to increase access to…
USDA Awards Funding for Market Development Programs
…export markets for U.S. farm and food products through the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program. “USDA and the U.S. agricultural industry work together in…
Grains Council Encourages Focus On Expanding Ag Exports
Grain exports are a bright spot in the current farm economy and can grow even further through outreach to the 95 percent of the world’s consumers who live outside U.S….
Japan Passes TPP
…his plan to revive the Japanese export sector of the economy. London-based Capital Economics said the Japanese hopes for TPP were “dead and buried,” and the upshot for Japan is…