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Hoop House Grows Healthy Food, Combat Diabetes in a Nevada Food Desert

September 28, 2016 Heather Emmons, Nevada Public Affairs Officer, USDA-NRCS

Squeals of excitement and laughter competed with the sounds of power saws, drills and hammers at the Hungry Valley Child Care Center in Sparks, Nevada, as Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC) teens were handed power tools for the first time in their lives to assist with building a hoop house. As part of...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

For Flavor's Sake: In New Mexico, Conservation Makes Things Peachy

December 13, 2013 Mark Smith, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Every single student in Santa Fe County Schools in New Mexico received a juicy, locally-grown organic peach for lunch on the first day of school last year from Freshies Farm. On only a little more than three acres of land, Christopher Bassett and Taylor Dale were able to grow the peaches for the...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Join Us at the USDA Harvest Festival

November 19, 2013 Annie Ceccarini, Outreach and Education Specialist, The People’s Garden Initiative

You’re invited to the USDA Harvest Festival on Friday, November 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come celebrate the end of the growing season in the People’s Garden and at the USDA Farmers Market. Take advantage of the last opportunity of the year to shop the outdoor USDA Farmers Market located along 12th...

Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives

Alabama Landowner Grows Produce in Winter, Models Conservation Practices

January 07, 2011 Fay Garner, NRCS Alabama

On a recent December day, Earl and Clarisse Snell, of Skipperville, Alabama, proudly showed off the summer squash and tomatoes they were still growing at the start of winter thanks to the seasonal high tunnel they built earlier in the year. Also called hoop houses, seasonal high tunnels look a lot...

Conservation
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