…also align with USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative, which coordinated efforts across the Department to support local and regional food systems. Under this administration, USDA has invested…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…major agricultural state, with more than 400 crops grown here. A goal of the lesson plans is to teach children how to be aware of what is being grown around…
Habitat for Wildlife and Pollinators
Wildflowers Provide Critical Habitat for Wildlife and Pollinators Posted by Justin Fritscher, NRCS writer USFWS photo. It all begins with a seed. Filled with food and information, it one day…
Musical Vegetables
…can make beautiful music with food. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Musical Vegetables From: Modern Farmer Magazine Need a New Hobby? We Recommend Playing Musical Vegetables By…
Agri View: Blacksmithing
…The ability to shape iron, by heat and tools, has been a highly valued skill throughout history. By the early 1900s, an American blacksmith’s work had grown to include repairing…
HLB Bacteria Isolates Can Vary
…by the bacterium that is associated with HLB are moved rapidly throughout the tree in the phloem, the food-conducting tissue of the plant. Pathogen-specific proteins in the phloem could be…
Adapting to a Changing Climate
How Food and Forestry Are Adapting to a Changing Climate Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listens to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) supervisory plant physiologist Dr. Jerry…
Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
…into small food and agriculture businesses across rural America. The fund, known as the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, will be the fourth Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC) that USDA…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Established by the 2008 Farm Bill and re-authorized in the 2014…
CA Farm Products to Food Banks
California agriculture contributes record amount of farm products to food banks The California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family program received a record 150 million pounds of donated produce…
Whiskey Study
…requires the sweetness of bourbon. Lahne But a new study from a Drexel University food scientist shows the average consumer cannot discriminate between the two flavors. Jacob Lahne, PhD, an…
Agri View: Foreigner’s Farmland
…1,790 acres of farmland in Blythe, California — an agricultural town along the Colorado River — for nearly $32 million. Two years ago, Fondomont’s parent company, Saudi food giant Almarai,…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
…grown in the northern San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley using micro-sprinkler irrigation. These are multi-year studies, estimating costs from previous crop (orchard removal) through orchard establishment and the production…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…Know Your Farmer team to help entrepreneurs and community leaders successfully create jobs and increase access to healthy food through urban agriculture. From neighborhood gardens grown on repurposed lots, to…