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ARS Helps Veterans Weigh a Career in Agriculture

April 12, 2016 Dennis O'Brien, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. For many veterans, agriculture may be a career choice worth exploring when they return to civilian life. Veterans have...

Farming Research and Science

‘Armed to Farm’ Gives Veterans the Tools they Need to Farm

September 18, 2012 Siva Sureshwaran, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

For many military veterans and their families, the transition from the military to civilian life is a complex undertaking; however, reports and personal accounts indicate that many military veterans have discovered that farming offers a place for employment, training and healing. The problem is...

Food and Nutrition Farming Research and Science

Thanksgiving

December 08, 2010 Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary

My family spent Thanksgiving morning at the D.C. Central Kitchen, where we helped prepare dinners for the homeless and needy in our nation’s capitol. While some might describe our act as ‘giving to others,’ truth is that it was a gift to us. I want my children, aged 10 and 11, to understand that not...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

ARMS: Informing Policy on the Farm Economy

June 12, 2012 Shiela Corley, National Agricultural Statistics Service & Mitch Morehart, Economic Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Nothing gives us a better insight into the U.S. farm economy than USDA’s annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Hill Farm Buzzing with Pollinator Success

June 23, 2016 Elvis Cordova, Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Since it’s National Pollinator Week, it seemed fitting to express my thanks to farmers Scott and Susan Hill - who run the Hill Farm outside Charlottesville, VA. Earlier, I had the chance to visit their 10-acre property former tobacco farm to see firsthand how hard they are working to grow a variety...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Art Contest Yields Beautiful Harvest

January 13, 2011 Josephine Malepeai Lealasola, Agricultural Specialist, FSA American Samoa Field Office

As part of its approach to community outreach, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) American Samoa office sponsored a week-long effort to catalyze high school students and the public to think about pursuing a career in agriculture. American Samoa consists of 7 islands and is 77 square miles, an area just...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Breeding Local Seed for Local Food

September 27, 2010 Ann Marie Thro, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Larry Robertson, Agricultural Research Service

They say that variety is the spice of life. Well, you can’t get much more variety than in the plant world. Genetic variation exists for many traits in all crops. For example, although most carrots on grocers’ shelves are orange, carrots can also be white, yellow, green, or purple. Most potatoes are...

Food and Nutrition Farming

A Tour of How Forest Service Job Corps Program Changes Lives

March 12, 2010 acampbell

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to see first hand how the Forest Service Job Corps Program changes lives. The motto of the Centennial Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (JCCCC) is "Creating brighter futures one individual at a time" and this motto is applicable to all 28 JCCCCs. My day at...

Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives

What’s brewing? FAS Recognizes 90 Years of U.S. Hops Industry, Gone Global

September 01, 2023 Zane Evans, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

American breweries and craft beer have grown in popularity in recent years. And that interest in these refreshing, artisan beverages is hopping from continent-to-continent thanks in part to collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the U...

Farming Trade

USDA Continues to Implement Program Changes to Benefit Farmers

May 17, 2019 Undersecretary Bill Northey, USDA

Earlier this week, I was honored to meet with members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters here at USDA headquarters. These women and men, many with decades of broadcasting and farm experience, are among the familiar voices, faces and bylines we hear and see each day through radio...

Conservation Farming