…other safety net options to support farmers producing biomass for renewable energy. This month, USDA is examining what a changing climate means to agriculture and how USDA is working to…
Funding to Relieve Veterinarian Shortages
…food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates,…
People’s Gardens Across Government
…classes, taught by USDA employees from the Agricultural Marketing Service, Food and Nutrition Service, and Food Safety and Inspection Service, are offered between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. In addition,…
Public Service Recognition Week
…at the core of what we do at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Nutrition, food safety, quality – that’s important work. But there’s a lot more to it…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…the impacts of climate variability and enhance resiliency of our food systems, and ensure food safety. Vilsack “In the face of diminishing land and water resources and increasingly variable climatic…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…eat. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is working to strengthen federal food safety efforts and develop strategies that emphasize a three-dimensional approach to prevent foodborne illness: prioritizing prevention; strengthening…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
…the farm economy and pose challenges for producers and processors with little evidence of added benefit to food safety or production,” said Subcommittee Chairman Rodney Davis. “Under these current conditions…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…has invested $11 billion to start or expand 103,000 rural businesses; helped 1.1 million rural residents buy homes; funded nearly 7,000 community facilities such as schools, public safety and health…
Cargo Theft Task Force One Step Closer
…Committee passed AB 2805 unanimously and the bill will now head to the Assembly Public Safety Committee. WAPA issued a press release about the passage that stated, “AB 2805 would…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…and Intrastate Meat Exemption,” or PRIME, Act because it would create food safety risks, prevent animal diseases from being detected and addressed and undermine public confidence in the food supply….
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural…
Innovative Pest Management Solutions
…issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability, and ensuring food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for…
$4.7 Million Available in Grants
…are designed to help these stakeholders comply with new food safety guidelines established by the Food and Drug Administration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). “As growing demand for…
FSA Reaching Farmers and Ranchers
…difficult. FSA proactively develops communications and face-to-face events to share information so you can learn about the tools that can make your business run more efficiently and provide a safety…