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Office of Pest Management Policy


The Resilient Journey of Wild Blueberries of America: From Origins to Cultivation Challenges

August 23, 2023 Cameron Douglass, Ph.D., Agronomist/Weed Scientist, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

August is prime time for wild blueberries, also known as “lowbush” blueberries, in the United States. While over 95% of wild blueberries are produced in Maine, wild blueberries are native to most of the northern United States.

Farming Food and Nutrition Plants

Happy Valentine’s Day! Learn How USDA is Using Biotechnology to Produce High Quality Chocolate with Cacao for Peace in Colombia

February 14, 2023 Melissa Yeakley Martin, International Program Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and Anastasia Bodnar, Agricultural Biotechnology Advisor, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

Nothing says Valentine’s Day in the United States like chocolate. According to the National Confectioners Association, 92% of Americans plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day with chocolate and candy. Making all that chocolate takes a lot of cocoa.

Food and Nutrition

Happy National Asparagus Day! Get to Know Spring’s Delicious Vegetable

May 24, 2022 Clayton Myers, Entomologist, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

USDA wishes you a happy National Asparagus Day! Americans consume over 500 million pounds of asparagus each year, and 80-90% of that is imported, mainly from Mexico and Peru. While domestic production continues to decline year-by-year, per capita consumption is growing and U.S. growers still produce...

Farming Food and Nutrition Plants
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