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USDA’s New High-tech Guide to Green Thumb Glory

January 31, 2012 Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

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 the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. With spring not that far away, the garden catalogues are starting to fly through the mail, but the “must read” of the...

Research and Science

With USDA Support, Clemson University Research Revolutionizes Environmental Monitoring

January 24, 2012 Jennifer Martin, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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 the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. When we talk about population growth, often the first question that comes to mind is, “How are we going to feed everyone...

Research and Science

Hawaii Showcases Its Ag Diversification – the Proof is in the Numbers

January 17, 2012 Mark Hudson, NASS Hawaii Field Office Director

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. When America’s farmers and ranchers traveled from the U.S. mainland to the Aloha state for the American Farm Bureau...

Research and Science

How the Farm Business Has Changed

January 10, 2012 Bob Hoppe, Agricultural Structure and Productivity Branch, 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. Over a relatively short time period, innovations in farms’ production practices, risk management, and business arrangements...

Research and Science Technology

NASS Guides Agricultural Censuses Worldwide

January 03, 2012 Larry Sivers, NASS International Programs Office Director

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. While USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is gearing up for the next Census of Agriculture right here in...

Research and Science

A Year in the Office of the Chief Scientist

December 20, 2011 Jenna Jadin, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
Office of the Chief Scientist

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. 2011 is the first full calendar year that the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) has been staffed and running. First...

Research and Science

New Natural Inquirer World’s Forest Edition

December 13, 2011 Diane Banegas, USDA Forest Service, Research & Development

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. In partnership with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Cradle of Forestry Interpretive...

Forestry Research and Science

Scientists Saving Our World

December 06, 2011 Sandy Miller Hays, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. In the 1920s, U.S. Navy recruiting posters exhorted young men to “Join the Navy and see the world!” If USDA’s...

Research and Science

Stainless Steel’s Appeal Stretches from the Kitchen to the Dairy Farm

November 29, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

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. Stainless steel’s all the rage in gourmet kitchen design, but its appeal could soon extend well beyond the kitchen to the...

Research and Science

How Much Time Do Americans Spend Eating?

November 22, 2011 Karen Hamrick, Diet, Safety, and Health Economics Branch, 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 the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio.

Food and Nutrition Research and Science
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