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Friday, October 24, 2025 - 10:41am
Grain ship Desert Eagle in Elliott Bay, Seattle

“I believe public service is my calling… The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) hasn’t received much coverage in the media, but they do important work in advancing American agricultural interests abroad. Given the current administration’s...

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 2:54pm

(Washington, D.C., October 22, 2025) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a suite of actions...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 10:00am

A diverse farm is a resilient one, and there are many ways an agricultural business can expand and grow. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned producer, our online ourses can give you the confidence to incorporate and scale vegetables, berries, mushrooms, poultry, maple, or cut flowers in...

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Friday, October 10, 2025 - 1:14pm
US Capitol Building. Photo credit: Eric B. Walker.

The transition from one fiscal year to the next is not something that typically dominates headlines. In fact, as the calendar turns from September 30 to October 1 – when the federal government begins a new fiscal year – the less...

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Friday, October 10, 2025 - 8:59am
Cover crop, diakon radishes. Photo credit: Edwin Remsberg

*Despite the current government shutdown, these RFA’s will remain open, and the review process will continue. If the timeline changes, NSAC will update this blog post to reflect that.

Since 1988, the...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 4:15pm
Seldom Rest Farms of Myerstown, PA used REAP to help finance solar panels on their farm. Photo credit: USDA.

Farmers and rural businesses are still waiting to find out if they can access one of the United State Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) most popular programs, the Rural Energy for...

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 10:07am
I was so grateful to spend a summer afternoon sitting with Brett Grant in his farmhouse kitchen, learning about the spectacular emergence of his dream, and to share his story with all of you.

Brett Grant first heard whisperings of a calling toward growing food, community and healing...

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Monday, October 6, 2025 - 12:43pm
Photo Credit: National Young Farmers Coalition

Editor’s Note: This blog post is a guest post authored by the National...

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