…by multiple sensors and fed by an internet-controlled irrigation and nutrition system. The system is chemical and pesticide-free and can prioritize food grown for taste, color, and nutritional value. Rather…
Pollinator Partnership’s 10th Annual Pollinator Week
…will continue to do all I can to support the cause. As a product of public schools in Queens myself, I’m especially thrilled with the National Wildlife Federation’s involvement with…
If It Smells Like a Petunias or Shampoo, It Might Be a Pesticide
…especially berries. Zhang, who is with the ARS Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, points out the possibility of a new bio-based pesticide—especially one based on an…
USDA Announces $20 Million for Jobs for Young People, Veterans
…the 4,000 opportunities funded by this year’s commitment will be for Youth Conservation Corps jobs, a summer employment program on public lands that employ high school-aged youth. About 25 percent…
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Living Coast Discovery Center, California Mystic Middle School, Connecticut The Rotary Club of Cape Coral, Florida Camp Viola, Georgia Oglethorpe County Middle School, Georgia Doc’s Healing Hives and Honey Incorporation,…
Rural Unemployment Rates Declining
…a high school diploma saw unemployment rates fall from around 15 percent to just below 10 percent. On the other end of the spectrum, those with a bachelor’s degree or…
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…as well, when schools buy the food they provide from local producers.” According to the 2015 USDA Farm to School Census, schools with strong farm to school programs report higher…
Agri View: Pesticide Residue Free Food
Everett Griner talks about the pesticide residue on our food and what, if anything, is being done to cut down on it in today’s Agri View. Who…
Children’s Book – Busy on the Farm
…Education, and Riverside Publishing. Holly has worked to develop content to enrich the National Common Core Standards for elementary through high school classrooms. Born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, she attended the…
Stabenow Expresses Concerns with EPA Scientist Dismissals
…out by EPA scientists to ensure the integrity of the agency’s research findings, including studies on pesticide safety and water quality. Stabenow expressed concern over the dismissals in a letter…
May is CalFresh Awareness Month
…is encouraging counties to focus CalFresh Awareness Month activities on alleviating childhood hunger and enrolling eligible families in CalFresh through partnerships with the Women, Infants, and Children program, school meals,…
Planning and What to Grow in Your Food Forest
…the same time. Make sure they are perennial or self-seeding so you’re not replanting every year. I’m Cathy Isom… Image Credits: (top right) A young Jasper Place High School food…
National FFA Organization Looking for Convention Newsroom Interns
…communicator, as well as clips to help land future professional work. This internship could even be eligible for college credits for those still in school. The stories interns find can…
EPA Extends Timeline for Pesticide Applicators Rule
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a 12-month extension for implementation of the revised final Certification and Training of Pesticide Applicators (C&T) rule. EPA received feedback from states…