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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in Omaha to Kick Off Regional Drought Workshops

October 11, 2012 Vicki A. Schurman, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Rural Development

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in the kickoff of four regional workshops on drought recovery, the first of which was held Tuesday in Omaha, Nebraska. More than 200 people gathered in Omaha to discuss ways to access existing resources and to offer ideas on new efforts to assist those...

Conservation

Sowing Seeds of Partnerships to Feed a Community

October 10, 2012 Beverly Moseley, NRCS Ohio

For years, Avon Standard has tilled the soil, planted the seeds and harvested the produce from his community garden with one purpose in mind—to feed people. “My passion is to give and grow,” says Standard of the fruits and vegetables that he provides free to family, friends and the surrounding...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

International Pilots Learn Human Rights Lessons During Visit to Historic Fort in Florida

October 10, 2012 Susan Blake, Public Affairs Officer, National Forests in Florida

Nestled in the southwest corner of Florida’s Apalachicola National Forest sits a historic fort known today as Fort Gadsden—the only historic landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. Forest Service’s Southern Region. The fort served as a Native American trading post, a...

Forestry

Organic 101: Five Steps to Organic Certification

October 10, 2012 Miles McEvoy, National Organic Program Deputy Administrator

This is the eighth installment of the Organic 101 series that explores different aspects of the USDA organic regulations. The USDA organic label is backed by a certification system that verifies farmers or handling facilities located anywhere in the world comply with the USDA Organic Regulations...

Food and Nutrition

US Forest Service’s Largest Experimental Forest is an Example of Cooperative Research

October 10, 2012 Robert H. Westover, Office of Communication, US Forest Service

The Olympic Experimental State Forest is the largest site in the U.S. Forest Service’s national network of experimental forests and it’s the only representative of the Olympic Peninsula’s temperate rain forest ecosystem, which is known for its extreme rainfall and growth rates. Its large size...

Forestry

New USDA Efforts to Spur Technology and Innovation

October 09, 2012 Catherine Woteki, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

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 profile. From desktops to tablets, and from floppy disks to flash drives, technology is constantly changing. Each new idea is developed...

USDA Results Research and Science

Fall Wildflowers are Part of the Fall Colors Parade in the East and South-Central United States

October 09, 2012 Larry Stritch, U.S. Forest Service National Botanist, Washington D.C.

Fall is a wonderful time to find an amazing array of wildflowers on your national forests and grasslands. But before you venture out, take a moment for a sneak preview on the U.S. Forest Service’s Fall Colors web site for a few ideas to plan your visit Early morning hikers who are out and about in...

Forestry

USDA Secretary Vilsack Tours the Forest Products Laboratory

October 09, 2012 James T. Spartz, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) recently guided USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack through its unique set of research facilities. Basic and applied research at FPL supports a number of objectives, including forest management and restoration, the wise use of forest resources, job creation, and expanding...

Forestry

Upper Tygart Valley Watershed Project

October 05, 2012 Carol Lagodich, NRCS West Virginia

In 1993, several towns in Upper Tygart Valley Watershed in Randolph County, W.Va., experienced a dangerous shortage of water. At a critical point, the water plant was within 72 hours of completely running out of water. Soon after that, local community groups, interested citizens and government...

Conservation

Secretary's Column: Listening to Communities and Strengthening Drought Relief

October 05, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

For many producers and rural communities, the summer of 2012 has been defined by a record drought. From the early days of this disaster, USDA has taken action to help. We’ve streamlined our disaster designation process, provided easier access to farm credit, opened more conservation lands for...

Conservation

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