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A River Runs Through It - An Oregon National Forest at the Heart of a Movement

March 16, 2016 Kate Meyer and Jane Knowlton, U.S. Forest Service

Oregon’s McKenzie River has a lot to boast about. One of the cleanest and coldest rivers in the country, it’s the most important tributary for wild spring Chinook salmon and Bull trout production in the entire Willamette River Basin. It’s part of more than 100 miles of streams that the Willamette...

Forestry

Outstanding Summer Sites Offer Tips for Improving Summer Meal Programs

March 04, 2016 Michelle Chirby, Program Specialist, Western Region, Food and Nutrition Service

March is National Nutrition Month. Throughout the month, USDA will be highlighting results of our efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation. Since the passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, we have seen some...

Food and Nutrition

Oregon Conservation Groups Partner with USDA for Results

February 25, 2016 Darin Leach, Public Information Coordinator, Rural Development and Cassie Bable, Public Affairs Specialist, Farm Service Agency - Office of External Affairs

A small group of conservation enthusiasts gathered at Ralph Duyck’s farm near Forest Grove, Oregon with a shared goal. They wanted to protect water quality and fish and wildlife habitat in and around the Tualatin River, an 83-mile tributary of the Willamette River that runs through Portland. The...

Conservation

Innovation in the Tropics Helps Farmers Conserve Resources and Improve Soil Health

February 17, 2016 Jolene Lau, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Hawaii

Farmers in the Tropics needed a better tool to estimate the nitrogen contribution from cover crops to reduce their commercial fertilizer rates. Cover crops, which may appear as weeds to the untrained eye, are healthy plants that enhance soil health and minimize erosion. Covering the soil helps...

Conservation

A Walk in the Woods and Never be "The Marching Man"

February 10, 2016 Tracy Robillard, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon

On a sunny January morning in 2010, Tony Tolsdorf had no idea that a walk in the woods would become the longest night of his life. “It was really warm that morning, probably 55 or 60 degrees,” he recalls. “It was one of those days where you just have to get outside and do something, so I went for a...

Conservation

Western Water Threatened by Wildfire

February 08, 2016 Robert Westover, U.S. Forest Service

By Tom Fry, Western Conservation Director, American Forest Foundation Tom Fry is the Western Conservation Director of the American Forest Foundation (AFF). AFF and the U.S. Forest Service hold a long-standing partnership in pursuit of protecting and conserving the important forest benefits that come...

Forestry

Oregon Organic Farmer Unlocks Soil Health Secrets and Boosts Production

January 08, 2016 Spencer Miller, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon

For agricultural producers, it’s an age-old question: How do you grow the largest, healthiest, most-profitable crops possible? Oregon organic farmer Chris Roehm says the secret is in the soil. Co-owner and operator of Square Peg Farm in Forest Grove, Roehm is among a growing number of producers...

Conservation

Organic Sound and Sensible Resources: Understanding Rules, Certification, and Inspections

January 06, 2016 Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program

Last month, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s National Organic Program (NOP) announced new resources resulting from our Sound and Sensible Initiative, which is making organic certification more accessible, affordable, and attainable. Today, we are introducing more guides, videos, and other...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Farming Trade

High Five Series: Rural America is Home for the Holidays

December 31, 2015 Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez

Oh, there’s nooooo place like hooooome for the holidays… Every time I hear that song I get an extra spring in my step knowing that I work for an organization that helped more than 160,000 families afford to buy, rent, or repair their homes this year. That’s 160,000 families in rural America that are...

Rural

Deck the Halls with Holiday Data

December 17, 2015 Daphne Schauber, NASS Agricultural Statistician

From the smell of fresh pine, to the vibrant colors of poinsettias, the holiday season is the perfect time of year to spotlight America’s horticulture growers through the just released 2014 Census of Horticultural Specialties report. I’ve experienced firsthand how unique and amazing this industry is...

Conservation
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