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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

USDA Northeast Climate Hub Integrates Farmer Panel into Operational Discussions

January 05, 2016 Erin Lane, Director of University Relations, USDA Northeast Climate Hub

As the autumn leaves in the Northeast were just beginning to blanket the ground in late October, the USDA Northeast Climate Hub held its first annual –university network hosted– Partner Operational Discussions. The group convened in Annapolis, Maryland where working meetings were held at both the...

Rangeland Restoration Benefits Cattle and Prairie Chicken

January 04, 2016 Jon Ungerer, Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative Coordinator, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Cattle and lesser prairie-chickens both need healthy rangeland to thrive. Through voluntary conservation efforts, farmers and ranchers in the southern Great Plains can restore habitat for this iconic bird while strengthening working lands. The Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative (LPCI), a partnership...

Conservation

Five Lessons Learned from USDA's Farmers Market at Night

December 10, 2015 Lee Cliburn, USDA Farmers Market Assistant Manager, Agricultural Marketing Service

Our own USDA Farmers Market, brought to you by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), celebrated 20 years of offering Washington, DC access to farm-fresh products this year. USDA is always looking for innovative ways to help farmers markets succeed and experiment with ways that might help them...

Food and Nutrition Farming

A Banner Year for Research: 5 Innovative Projects Aimed at Helping Growers

December 08, 2015 Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

USDA scientists work 365 days to provide safe and sustainable food, water, and natural resources in the face of a changing climate and uncertain energy sources. To recognize the contribution that agricultural science and research makes in our daily lives, this week’s “Banner Year” series features...

Research and Science

High Tunnel Addition Helps Urban Farmer Feed Portland

December 07, 2015 Tracy Robillard, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Portland has become one of the top cities in the nation for its food scene—from trendy neighborhood food carts to fine dining to farm-to-table restaurants. It’s also a place where people embrace eating locally-grown food. Like, seriously, uber-local. That’s why urban farmers like Stacey Givens are...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

FSA Partnership Helps New Farmer Connect to the Land

December 03, 2015 Darrin Vanderplas, Massachusetts Farm Service Agency Farm Loan Officer Trainee

Growing up in Tanzania, East Africa, Sangiwa Eliamani became a skilled farmer producing rice, millet and cotton throughout the year, using typical hand tools. He had no concerns about seasonal timing or finding markets for his crops, until he moved to the United States and attempted to farm in...

Conservation

Working Together to Address Global Food Insecurity

December 02, 2015 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden

As a daughter of farmers, and as someone who has spent her career working on behalf of farmers, one of the things I care most deeply about is the future of agriculture – both in the United States and around the world. That is why one of my highest priorities at USDA has been to help develop the next...

Food and Nutrition Trade

Farmer, Conservationists Partner to Build a Bridge for Salmon in Southern Maine

December 02, 2015 Thomas Kielbasa, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Maine

A just-completed project that restored a fish passage in southern Maine may have another benefit – preventing an environmental disaster on important salmon-spawning streams. A new bridge that now crosses the Swan Pond Creek at the Al Dube Quarterhorse Farm in York County was the culmination of a...

Conservation
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