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Tracking Songbird Progress in Pennsylvania's Forests

July 13, 2016 Justin Fritscher, Natural Resources Conservation Service

“Hear that?” Dr. Jeff Larkin bent his ears to a nearby cluster of trees amid a sea of briars. “There’s one in there,” Larkin said excitedly. We were on the trail of a golden-winged warbler, a black-bibbed songbird, which winters in South and Central America and spends its springs and summers here in...

Conservation

A Conversation with USDA Leader Lanon Baccam

July 01, 2016 Katelyn McCoy, USDA Office of Communications

Lanon Baccam serves as the Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS). Baccam oversees the domestic programs within FFAS, including Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency. Baccam also serves as the USDA Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. Being an Army...

Initiatives Conservation

Sustainably Growing Vegetables in a Changing Climate: It's about Working Together

June 23, 2016 Dan Dostie, NRCS Project Liaison, USDA Northeast Climate Hub and Franklin Egan, PASA Director of Educational Programs, USDA Partner

The Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) sponsored a field day on June 2 to talk about growing vegetables in a changing climate. The discussion focused on climate change, its impacts on the farming system, and strategies to effectively adapt through increasing biodiversity on...

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

Navajo and Hopi Expand the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network

June 14, 2016 Brad Rippey and Mark Brusberg, Office of the Chief Economist; and Caroline Dvorsky, Natural Resources and Environment

Susie Wauneka has discovered a unique way to serve her community; by watching the weather. Wauneka is a proud member of Navajo Nation and is a Navajo Community Health Representative, providing critical health care services for members of the Nation. In December 2015, she discovered yet another way...

Conservation

Helping Agriculture Producers Adapt To Climate Change from the Ground Down

May 23, 2016 Dr. Jean Steiner, Acting Lead, Southern Plains Climate Hub

All this month we will be taking a look at what a changing climate means to Agriculture. The ten regional USDA Climate Hubs were established to synthesize and translate climate science and research into easily understood products and tools that land managers can use to make climate-informed...

USDA Results

Adaptation Resources for Agriculture in the Midwest and Northeast

May 20, 2016 Dan Dostie, NRCS Project Liaison, USDA Northeast Climate Hub

All this month we will be taking a look at what a changing climate means to Agriculture. The ten regional USDA Climate Hubs were established to synthesize and translate climate science and research into easily understood products and tools that land managers can use to make climate-informed...

USDA Results

Climate-Smart Practices Keep the Land Covered

May 10, 2016 Margaret Smither-Kopperl, Manager, Lockeford Plant Materials Center, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lockeford, CA

All this month we will be taking a look at what a changing climate means to Agriculture. The ten regional USDA Climate Hubs were established to synthesize and translate climate science and research into easily understood products and tools that land managers can use to make climate-informed...

Conservation Research and Science USDA Results

Connecting with Local Farmers, One Savory Dish at a Time

May 03, 2016 Alexis Taylor, Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

There’s nothing better than talking about food over a delicious meal of fresh, locally produced ingredients. I had the chance to do that recently, when I visited Central Foods, a Spokane, Washington, restaurant that sources from local farmers and ranchers. There, I met with stakeholders and...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Agriculture Saved A Veteran's Life

April 29, 2016 Sam Rikkers, Administrator, Rural Business Service

Eric Grandon of West Virginia is a war hero in the truest sense. Spending nearly 20 years in the Army, he was a combat veteran in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, and participated in four peace-time missions to the Middle East. Yet, when a horrific flashback overtook him in 2011...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming Rural
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