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Sowing the Future of Agriculture in Philadelphia

Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 11:35am

This month, nearly 200,000 K-12 students from across Philadelphia head back to school, filling classrooms and lunchrooms across the city with excitement for the...

Apply Now for Farmer Rest Retreat: Teachings of Leaves

Cornell Small Farms Program - News

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 10:00am

Farming can bring joy, delight, and awe, from apples reddening to lambs leaping. It can also be tireless and demanding. The energy and attention required to tend and harvest abundant food on any scale can make it hard to live in balance with life’s many other demands. When we consider the...

Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 10:58am

Editor’s Note: This post is the fifth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Through a series of posts comparing the House and Senate Agriculture Committees’ proposals, we provide an...

Meet USDA Liaison Herminia Gomez

USDA Blog

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 9:21am

Herminia Gomez serves as a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) liaison, working closely with Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Northeast. HSIs are colleges and universities where the total Hispanic enrollment is at least 25% of the total...

The Southern Region Grows a Delicious Slice of the Nation’s Agricultural Pie

USDA Blog

Monday, September 16, 2024 - 8:46am

The Southern Region of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), which includes Alabama,...

USDA Celebrates Students as They Return to School

USDA Blog

Friday, September 13, 2024 - 11:37am

Once again, the summer break came and went in a blink of an eye. As we enter the time of year when students return to the classroom, all of us at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offer encouragement at every step of the journey.

Promising Conservation Results in the 2022 Agricultural Census

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Friday, September 13, 2024 - 10:55am

Editor’s Note: This post is part of a multi-part blog series. Our first post in this series explored initial themes from the Census, while this post offers a deeper...

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Visits Arizona to Highlight Biden-Harris Administration Investments in Wildfire Resilience and Rural Prosperity

USDA News

Thursday, September 12, 2024 - 6:00pm

Marana, ARIZONA, September 12, 2024 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited two communities in Arizona to highlight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investments that protect communities and natural resources from wildfire and drought, expand access to clean...

USDA Invests Nearly $121M in Specialty Crops Research and Organic Agriculture Production

USDA News

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - 2:00pm

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced an investment of nearly $121 million to advance research and Extension activities that aim to solve key challenges facing specialty crop and organic agriculture producers. The investment...

Biden-Harris Administration Invests $100 Million to Expand Work to Confront the Wildfire Crisis as part of Investing in America Agenda

USDA News

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - 1:00pm

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2024 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $100 million in 21 new projects to expand work on the USDA Forest Service’s Wildfire...