The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-10-20
Farm to School Champions Needed! Apply for a Grant Today
October is more than a time for crisp temperatures and vibrant autumn leaves. It’s also Farm to School Month, when USDA joins schools, farms, and community organizations across the country to... Read more
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2022-10-19
USDA Makes Major Investments in WIC to Improve Maternal and Child Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledges major progress and promise in several modernization and innovation efforts for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and... Read more
2022-10-19
USDA and USAID announce the Global Food Security Research Strategy to Fight Hunger and Build Sustainable Systems
- Today, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and USAID Administrator Samantha Power released the U.S. government’s Global Food Security Research Strategy, underscoring the U.S. government’s... Read more
2022-10-19
Voluntary Conservation Works to Improve Water Quality
Working in partnership with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), farmers are using proven conservation practices to help improve water quality downstream. Our customers are stewards... Read more
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2022-10-19
Pilot Light: Collaborating with Educators to Teach Students about Food
With a desire to create healthy relationships between American children and food, a group of chefs created Pilot Light in 2010. This program partners with Pre K–12 teachers to make food education a... Read more
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2022-10-18
USDA Provides Payments of nearly $800 Million in Assistance to Help Keep Farmers Farming
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1... Read more
2022-10-17
Looking Ahead to More Resilient, Equitable Food Systems
“We need to have ample research budgets in the food and agriculture sector...to ensure that we can feed a hungry world.” - Secretary Dan Glickman. Read more
2022-10-17
USDA Formalizes Big Game Conservation Partnership with State of Wyoming
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the state of Wyoming are formalizing a partnership to support the voluntary conservation of private working lands and migratory big game populations in... Read more
2022-10-17
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Impacts Agricultural Statistics Around the World
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the gold standard in providing timely, accurate and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture. But beyond the hundreds of surveys the... Read more
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2022-10-17
This Fall, Leave the Leaves!
It’s the time of year to do your fall garden cleanup. Rather than the tedious task of raking and bagging leaves and taking them to the landfill, the best way to reduce greenhouse gases and benefit... Read more
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2022-10-14
Why Are Food Systems Folks Fighting Against Animal Welfare?
Promoting better livestock practices is about improving animal health, but it's also about much more. Read more
2022-10-14
USDA Releases Proposed Regulatory Framework to Reduce Salmonella Infections Linked to Poultry Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today released a proposed regulatory framework for a new strategy to control Salmonella contamination in poultry... Read more