The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-06-17
This Project Is Empowering Community Based Food Spaces
The Urban Garden Project is unifying communities, fostering growth, and sowing seeds of positive change. Read more
2024-06-16
Empowering Small Restaurants for Success
inKind is establishing a new model that can finance and empower small, independent restaurants. Read more
2024-06-15
Producers Can Now go "Whole Hog" on New Heat Stress App for Pigs
HotHog, a new smartphone application ("app") that predicts heat stress in pigs, is now available for download and use, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists... Read more
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2024-06-14
What's Left Out of the Urban Agriculture Conversation
Community gardeners are climate stewards but too often, they fail to get the credit or funding they're due. Read more
2024-06-14
Sudan food emergency: Unpacking the scale of the disaster and the actions needed
More than 20 million face acute food insecurity. Read more
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2024-06-13
Learning to 'Make The World Better With Food'
We can only transform the food system for the better when we have a diversity of people, innovations, practices, and technologies. Read more
2024-06-13
Reviving public extension for climate-resilient agriculture: Lessons and insights from India, Indonesia, and Nepal
Integrating reforms with global goals. Read more
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2024-06-12
Reshaping the Meat Industry One Farm at a Time
Cream Co. Meats aims to promote resilience, reduce reliance on centralized production methods, and empower small famers. Read more
2024-06-11
USDA Scientist Dr. Aspen Workman Recognized for Scientific Breakthrough Discovery
Dr.
Aspen Workman, a scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has been honored with the
2023 Arthur S. Flemming Award in Applied... Read more
2024-06-11
Native Farm Bill Coalition Pushes for Changes in Farm Bill
'Native producers face unique delays and barriers in using USDA programs that the Farm Bill can address.” Read more
2024-06-10
USDA, University of Wisconsin-Madison Break Ground on New Dairy Research Facility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Wisconsin–Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony here... Read more
2024-06-07
Trade policy and food price volatility: Beggar thy neighbor or beggar thyself?
The downsides of emergency trade measures. Read more
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