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USDA Forest Service Invests More Than $232M to Support Schools, Roads, Other Services as Part of Investing in America Agenda

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 11:00am

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service today announced it is issuing more than $232 million to support public schools, roads and other municipal services through the agency’s...

Senate Bill Offers a Pathway to Sustain Local Food Purchasing Program

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 10:48am

Produce from Keng Xiong, at Jack London Square, in Oakland, CA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

On March 19, Senator Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island,...

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Finalized Science-Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC

USDA News

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 4:30pm

On Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced finalized updates to the foods...

SARE Delivers for Farmers. Will Congress Deliver for SARE?

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 10:16am

Last week, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 97 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a letter to Congressional...

‘Citi-Sci: Gardening for Science!’ experiment focuses on gardening preferences and effects on mental health, seeks participants

Purdue University Agriculture News

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Gardeners at any level are invited to join Purdue University Extension, the University of Tennessee, Iowa State University and North Carolina State University for the third year of the citizen-science experiment called “Citi-Sci: Gardening for Science!” from April through September 2024

Survey tallies consumer attitudes toward lab-grown meat alternatives

Purdue University Agriculture News

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Many consumers view conventional meats as both tastier and healthier than laboratory-grown alternatives, according to the March Consumer Food Insights Report.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Finalized Science-Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC

USDA News

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 9:00am

Chicago, April 9, 2024 – Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has finalized updates to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition...

Scientists from dozens of countries coming to Purdue for forestry collaboration in Science-i Bridging Worlds Workshop

Purdue University Agriculture News

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 12:00am

In the summer of 2023, the skies throughout the Upper Midwest were hidden behind a blanket of smoke. Air quality declined so substantially that people were warned to stay inside, and asthma-related emergency room visits spiked across the country. The gray haze had come all the way from forest fires... Read More

CBO’s Farm Bill Baseline, Explained

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Monday, April 8, 2024 - 10:52am

In Washington, DC, the political party that governs the House, Senate, and White House is rightly portrayed as a major contributor to policy outcomes. But politics alone is far from the only determinant. Oftentimes, it’s the cost – or projected cost – of a program, policy, or...

USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available to Help Farmers Advance Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

USDA News

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 2:00pm

MANKATO, Minn., April 3, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of an historic $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2024 to invest in partner-driven conservation and climate solutions through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) as part...