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Getting a School Garden Blooming

December 28, 2016 LaShonda Walker, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service Southwest Region

School gardens are gaining popularity across the country. In Texas, nearly 3,000 schools participate in farm to school activities. Some of these schools work with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Learn, Grow, Eat, and Go program. Jeff Raska, a school garden specialist with the AgriLife Extension...

Food and Nutrition

A Giant Crop-Scanner Is Turning Heads in Arizona

October 11, 2016 Dennis O'Brien, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural 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. With its 30-ton frame and 50-foot-high catwalk, the newest scanner for measuring crop plants in Maricopa, Arizona, can be...

Energy Research and Science

Heroes of the Harvest: Breeding program brings better, safer corn to South

October 29, 2015 Alexandra Wilson, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

NOTE: This week on the USDA Blog, we’ll feature the stories of America’s Harvest Heroes who, like farmers across the nation, are working this harvest season to secure the bounty of healthy food American agriculture is renowned for. From laying the foundation for the next generation of farmers...

Research and Science Technology
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