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
2024-06-13
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
2024-06-12
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
2024-06-05
BRIDGEcereal: Self-Teaching Web App Improves Speed, Accuracy of Classifying DNA Variations Among Cereal Varieties
Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University scientists have developed an innovative web app called
BRIDGEcereal that can quickly and accurately analyze the vast amount of genomic... Read more
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2024-06-05
ICIPE Wants to Advance Insect Technology Globally
The organization is working to standardize a global methodology that makes insect-based products more accessible in the food system. Read more
2024-06-04
Health and Climate Action on World Environment Day
The connections between the health, nutrition, climate, and environment communities are stronger than ever. Read more