…percent increase from 2014. AMS also oversees USDA’s Local Food Directories where consumers can find a farmers market and other local food businesses in their community. These free, online resources…
Agri View: Ag College Enrollment
…programs available, students can utilize online discussion forums, chat rooms and interactive television to learn. How to Select an Online Agricultural School Students interested in a degree or certificate in…
Grants Available for SWEEP Assistance, Training
…may apply for funding between $2,500 and $5,000. Applications must meet several minimum requirements including holding at least one technical assistance workshop within a disadvantaged community, reporting on workshop attendance…
Snowpack Melting at Record Speed
…and forecast accuracy. All of the data are free and available online. The water supply forecast, typically issued monthly from January to May, is one of several ways USDA works…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
Upcoming workshops for almond growers will help them identify unwanted plants in the orchards. Sabrina Hill talks with Jenny Nicolau, Almond Board Manager, Industry Relations, for more information. Almond Workshops…
Fighting Drought With Soil
…recruited to participate in workshops to learn how to monitor and sample their local soils. Information will then be imputed into an online soils database that will help create a…
Agri View: Blacksmithing
…and the distinctive smell of burning charcoal identified his workshop. At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, farming was done with the power of horses and the skills of a…
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…
Avocado Survey Deadline Tomorrow
…avocado crop estimation instructions or utilize the Avocadosource.com avocado crop estimating calculator. The “Crop Estimating Calculator” is listed under “Tools.” Growers may submit their survey responses online at the California…
Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…Land of Ours. AFB Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge From: Farm Bureau® Strengthening Rural America Farm Bureau® Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge The online application opens May 1, 2016! A link to the online…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…at http://www.grants.gov/ using reference number USDA-FSA-CA-2016-001. For nonprofits and public institutions of higher education that are considering participation, a recording of the online informational session held with stakeholders is posted…
Farm Camp
…the days outdoors being “urban farmers” — discovering where our food comes from and learning about the natural world. Central: I Want To Be A Farmer Workshop at The Urban…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…for creating citrus rootstocks that are immune to HLB. Information about all of the projects funded to date can be found online. NIFA will give priority to CDRE grants projects…
Transitioning to Organic Certification
…of Minnesota) Making the Transition to Organic: Ten Farm Profiles (University of Minnesota) Organic Transition Course – 15-hour online course from the Rodale Institute Farm Transitions: Valuing Sustainable Practices—Organic Certification…