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USDA Launches Interactive Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Data Viewer

December 05, 2024 Leah Roffman, Climate Fellow, Office of the Chief Economist

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently launched the Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Viewer, an interactive tool that allows users to explore long-term trends in greenhouse gas emissions and sinks within agriculture and forestry sectors.

Climate Data Forestry

Basketball Legend Seeks USDA's Help to Transform Family Farm Into a Sustainable Agricultural Enterprise

May 31, 2024 Tamara Ward-Lucas, Communications Coordinator, USDA Office of Communications

For basketball great Ralph Sampson, farming is his new game of choice. The new and beginning farmer is looking to resurrect his family’s farm and spur new economic growth on the ancestral land.

Animals Farming Conservation Equity Forestry Initiatives Rural USDA Results

Preserving Tradition: APHIS’ Role in Safeguarding Cherry Trees

May 13, 2024 Alexandra Scott, APHIS Public Affairs – Detailed

In a symbolic gesture of friendship, Japan ceremoniously gifted the United States with two live cherry trees at an event held on the D.C mall last month. The trees represent a future gift of 250 trees that will replace the historic cherry trees to be removed in a project to repair the Tidal Basin...

Plants

Earth Day 2024: Sustainably Cultivating the Future

April 22, 2024 Samuel Driggers, Foreign Service Trainee & Andre Bradley, International Climate Hub Coordinator, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture celebrates Earth Day 2024 with communities across the nation and around the globe, we have an exciting opportunity to highlight the activities, tools and resources of the USDA International Climate Hub.

Climate Conservation Forestry Research and Science Technology

Bug Boot Camp: 21 Days on the Front Lines of Fruit Fly Defense

March 06, 2024 Palmer Pinckney, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA, APHIS

Think 'boots on the ground' means desert camo and squad leaders? Nope, for me, it meant swapping press releases for pest prevention in Redlands, California. As an APHIS public affairs pro, I'm used to writing articles on agriculture, but this past December 2023, I traded my computer keyboard for a...

Plants

APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine Program Recognizes Black History Month – “African Americans and the Arts”

February 14, 2024 Tess Acosta-Williams, PPQ Civil Rights and Diversity Advisory Committee Chair, Trade Specialist, USDA APHIS PPQ

The 2024 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” intersects with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Program’s dedication to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as we celebrate African Americans’ artistic...

Equity Plants

Two-Year Anniversary of Customer Experience Executive Order: Pt. 4 Partnering with Land Managers and Landowners

January 19, 2024 Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer for the Office of Customer Experience

Our nation's lands are vital to providing clean water, fish and wildlife habitat, sustainable wood, minerals, energy, jobs and places for Americans to enjoy the outdoors. USDA’s Forest Service is responsible for managing 193 million acres of grasslands and forests. For rural America to thrive, we...

Climate Equity Farming Food and Nutrition Forestry Initiatives Nutrition Security USDA Results

2023: A Year in Plant Health

January 16, 2024 Cecilia Sequeira, Public Affairs Specialist, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) closed out another successful year of protecting domestic plants from invasive threats while enabling safe trade. In 2023, APHIS employees inspected at least 2.82 billion pounds of imported crops from 19 countries—a testament to the year...

Plants

USDA Provides Winning Data in Women in Data's Climate Sustainability Datathon

November 16, 2023 Stephanie Ho, USDA Office of Communications

USDA partnered for the first time with Women in Data for the non-governmental organization’s just-concluded Climate Sustainability Datathon, which is a friendly contest for people who really like to work with data.

Forestry Technology

The Resilient Journey of Wild Blueberries of America: From Origins to Cultivation Challenges

August 23, 2023 Cameron Douglass, Ph.D., Agronomist/Weed Scientist, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

August is prime time for wild blueberries, also known as “lowbush” blueberries, in the United States. While over 95% of wild blueberries are produced in Maine, wild blueberries are native to most of the northern United States.

Farming Food and Nutrition Plants

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