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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week by Supporting Local Producers

August 09, 2016 Amelia Hines Dortch, NRCS Alabama

It’s a simple sign that has a pretty easy request, “Buy Fresh. Buy Local.” It’s one that Gene Thornton hangs at his market stand each week at The Market at Ag Heritage Park on the Auburn University campus in Alabama. During market season, the sixth-generation farmer travels more than 40 miles from...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Researchers Use NIFA Grant to Develop Rapid Food Safety Test

July 21, 2016 Stephanie Pearl, Science Communicator, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

July is the height of summer grilling season, and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety Research and Science USDA Results

UGA, Italy Develop Dual Graduate Degree Program

November 04, 2015 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

The world will have many more mouths to feed in the next few decades – projected to be more than 9 billion by 2050 – but the amount of arable land is not getting any larger, droughts are taking their toll on fresh water, and there are fewer experienced farmers to do the work. How will food get on...

Initiatives Conservation
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