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Open Data: Enabling Fact-Based, Data-Driven Decisions

July 13, 2018 Jaime Adams, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, Office of the Chief Scientist

Nearly five years ago, USDA embarked on a journey as a founding partner of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative. GODAN promotes the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible, and usable worldwide. Now...

Research and Science

Future Soil Conservationist Unearths Valuable Skills at USDA

July 11, 2018 Sally Gifford, USDA Communications

As an aspiring soil conservationist, Luther Thompson II is eager to dig into future career opportunities. Thompson is a rising senior at Alcorn State University, a historically black land-grant university in Lorman, Mississippi. This is his fourth summer as an intern with the USDA Natural Resources...

Conservation Initiatives

Illegal Marijuana Sites Can’t Hide from Science

July 11, 2018 Diane Banegas, Research and Development, USDA Forest Service

The problem of illegal marijuana farms on national forests is, pardon the pun, growing. Although marijuana is now legal in California and other parts of the U.S., illegal marijuana growing is still a billion dollar industry with international tentacles.

Forestry

How to Avoid Uninvited Guests at Your Summer Outing

July 10, 2018 Archie Magoulas, Technical Information Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

In the summertime, as the weather begins to heat up, our microscopic friends, called bacteria, begin to make uninvited appearances at our cookouts, picnics and even camping trips. Sometimes these little friends can be helpful, but other times, they just make you sick.

Health and Safety

USDA Expert Helps Shape Global Agricultural Outlook Report

July 03, 2018 Joanna Hitchner, Oilseeds Analyst, Office of the Chief Economist, World Agricultural Outlook Board

Each year, agricultural experts from around the world gather in Paris to crunch numbers, analyze trends, and produce a 10-year global agriculture outlook report. I was among those analysts, and today, we unveiled our collective efforts in the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2018-2027.

Trade Research and Science

Keeping Your Backyard Barbeque Safe

July 03, 2018 Sandra Avant, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

Millions of Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with favorite foods grilled in secret barbecue sauces and side dishes made from traditional family recipes. But nothing puts a damper on a celebration like foodborne illness.

Research and Science Health and Safety

USDA and Partners Work to Eliminate Invasive Nutria From Maryland’s Eastern Shore

July 02, 2018 Tanya Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist, APHIS

Word has it that legendary actress Greta Garbo could be seen wearing nutria fur coats back in the day, and nutria fur coats can still be found in vintage clothing stores around the world. Nutria, sometimes called swamp rats, were first introduced into the United States in the 1800s to be used in the...

Animals

Innovative Practices Protect Natural Resources at First-Generation Dairy Farm

June 29, 2018 Rebecca Harris, Conservation Easement Stewardship Assistant, ECO AmeriCorps

Overlooking the southernmost shores of Vermont’s Lake Champlain lies Lucas Dairy Farm. Two years ago, first-generation farmer Jon Lucas moved his family and 150 milking cows and young stock to Orwell, Vermont, to lease the hillside land.

Conservation Farming

Get Your Fresh Produce AND Support Local Farmers

June 29, 2018 Terry Matlock, NASS, Public Affairs Specialist

Have you noticed recently that you can’t do much without seeing something related to fruits and vegetables?

Research and Science

Cooperative Forestry Act Celebrates 40 Years of Helping Private Forest Owners

June 28, 2018 Joyce El Kouarti, Office of Communication, USDA Forest Service

When most people think of forested lands in our country what comes to mind are public wild lands like the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon or the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. But the reality is most forests in America, nearly sixty percent, are owned by private landowners who very much...

Forestry

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