Secretary’s Column: Farm to School Programs Create New Opportunities for Farmers
This October, just like every other month during the school year, school menus will feature an array of products from local and regional farmers, ranchers, and fishermen. Kids of all ages will dig up...
View ArticleIt’s ‘Rockets to the Rescue’ During National 4-H Week
Millions of youth around the country became “aerospace engineers” for a day on Wednesday, as 4-H National Youth Science Day’s “Rockets to the Rescue” took center stage during National 4-H Week, Oct. 5...
View ArticleSoil Health Campaign Turns Two: Seeks to Unlock Benefits on- and off-the-Farm
Ohio farmer David Brandt farms with soil health in mind, making his place perfect to launch NRCS’ “Unlock the Secrets in the Soil” campaign. USDA photo. Two years ago, at the farm of soil health...
View ArticleConventional Tillage Harvests a Haboob, Unhealthy Soils
A powerful dust storm, known as a haboob, blankets a farm near Ritzville, Wash. Photo courtesy of Susan DeWald. Used with permission. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and state Soil and...
View ArticleBringing You Food and Fiber to Fit Your Active Lifestyle
America's ag promotion groups are dedicated to helping fuel and inspire active, health-conscious consumers. Photo courtesy of AMS. If you’ve learned how to cut a mango from a magazine article, read...
View ArticleAn Alabama Family Farm Helps Send Cleaner Water to the Gulf of Mexico
Tim Mullek and his family, who grow cotton, peanuts, soybeans, wheat, and corn on about 2,500 acres in the Fish River watershed in Alabama, plant cover crops on all of their cropland. NRCS photo. Days...
View ArticleConservation Easements Preserve, Restore Florida Wetlands
Betsie Rothermel, restoration ecology research director at Archbold Biological Station, strolls through an easement she is restoring. NRCS photo. The Archbold Biological Station located in central...
View ArticleHelping our Returning Heroes Find Opportunities in Agriculture: Join us for a...
Helping our Returning Heroes find Opportunities in Agriculture: Join us for a Google+ Hangout with Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden. Tune in live on Thursday, September 17, 11AM ET at...
View ArticleA Special Invitation from Deputy Secretary to Join a Google+ Hangout on...
Helping our Returning Heroes find Opportunities in Agriculture: Join us for a Google+ Hangout with Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden. Tune in live on Thursday, September 17, 11AM ET at...
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