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organic farming

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Organic Farmer Jeff Huckaby on Carrots, His Career and a Bright Future

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Jeff Huckaby, President of Grimmway Farms and Cal-Organic Farm, is a fourth-generation farmer who learned to grow carrots and potatoes working for his grandfather at an early age. He’s also…

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January 7, 2021
GMOs

Farming Sustainably with GMOs: Views from a Fourth-generation Soybean Farmer

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Fourth-generation soybean and corn farmer Monte Peterson explains why he uses genetically modified crops in order to farm more sustainably and safely. Wow does not even begin to describe my…

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January 4, 2021
Cami Ryan re misinformation

Insight & Opinion: Dis-/Mis-Information: Difficult to Detect, but Impossible to Ignore

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

By Cami Ryan, Social Sciences Lead, Regulatory Scientific Affairs, Bayer Crop Science  This article was originally published in Consumer Corner by the Center for Food and Agricultural Business at Purdue…

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November 24, 2020
soil health

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Fifth-generation Farmer Kim Gallagher on Conserving Water and Keeping the Soil Alive

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

11 years ago, former science teacher Kim Gallagher swapped the classroom for the farm. Today she runs Erdman Farms, Colusa County, California with her husband Pat, taking over the reins…

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October 28, 2020
EU Farm to Fork Strategy

Insight & Opinion: Europe Has Forgotten the Farm in Farm to Fork

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

The EU’s Farm to Fork strategy will stifle the very innovation needed to feed a growing world population sustainably, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. He fears that “the…

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October 5, 2020
American chickens

Video Diary: A Day in the Life of an American Chicken

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

American chickens are healthier and better cared for than ever before. Chicken farmers trained in animal welfare do everything they can to make sure their birds are healthy and comfortable,…

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October 2, 2020
robotic harvester for farmers

Insight & Opinion: Innovation is Helping U.S. Farmers Rise to the Challenges of Covid-19

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

The role of technology and innovation in helping farmers overcome the challenges of Covid-19 and meet future demand By David Green, The U.S. Sustainability Alliance Consumers are used to buying the food…

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September 25, 2020
U.S. cotton

Cotton Farmer Lloyd Arthur on Maximizing Irrigation Efficiency

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Lloyd Arthur is a fifth-generation cotton farmer living in Ralls, Texas with his wife Angela. They have four children, and together the family has created an award-winning farming operation. Lloyd…

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September 23, 2020
fear of food

We Shouldn’t Fear Our Food, It’s Safer than It Has Ever Been

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Sustainability and productivity can only “come together when you embrace technology” and understand how modern American agricultural innovation has brought advances for the world. That’s according to Jon Entine, founder…

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September 9, 2020
environmental sustainability

Insight & Opinion: Without Modern, Industrial Farming, Pandemic Would Have Claimed Many More Lives

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Hank Campbell, founder of Science 2.0, and author of the best-selling Science Left Behind, believes that a real world problem is the alarming amount of effort that environmental activists have…

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July 21, 2020
Goyings Farms equipment

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Wheat Farmer Doug Goyings on Leading-Edge Precision and Conservation Practices

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Doug Goyings has been a full-time farmer his entire life, managing Goyings Farms in Paulding, Ohio, with the help of his wife Diane and son Jeremy. He is constantly striving…

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July 15, 2020
leather sustainability

Rendering and Leather Reduce Environmental Impact

By Sustainability AllianceBlogNo Comments

Clearing up, or rendering, slaughterhouse waste animal tissue, fats, bones and hides might not be top of mind for most people. But when it comes to dealing with inedible animal…

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July 11, 2020
seafood in northeast U.S.

Enjoy a Taste of Safe, Sustainable Seafood from the U.S. Northeast

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments
A new video from trade association Food Export Northeast showcases the freshness, diversity and sustainability of seafood from the northeast corner of the United States. The region’s fisheries are sustainably...
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June 30, 2020
dairy farm

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Dairy Farmer Tina Hinchley on Milking Robots and Cow Comfort

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Tina Hinchley is a dairy farmer in Cambridge, Wisconsin – America’s dairy land. She and husband Duane grow around 2,300 acres of crops, not only to be used as cattle…

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June 25, 2020
feeding the nation

Insight & Opinion: Feeding the Nation in the Time of Covid-19

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

A look at how U.S. farmers and the food supply chain are responding to the pandemic and the lessons they have learned for the future By Janine Maxwell, The U.S….

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June 1, 2020
fear of food

Guest Insight: Why We Fear the Food We Eat

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Formerly a senior advisor on global food policy and agricultural trade at the U.S. Department of State for 13 years, Jack Bobo is CEO of Futurity, a food foresight company…

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May 26, 2020
sustainable fishing

USSA Producer Spotlight: Sonny Beal, Lobsterman

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments

Sonny Beal, a third-generation lobsterman, explains how the ethic of conservation was ingrained in him from an early age by his father and outlines what lobster sustainability means to him…

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May 21, 2020
U.S. agriculture

Hope Through Agriculture: Now More Than Ever

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments
Julie Borlaug is urging the industry to share personal stories of how it is building a safe, sustainable and resilient global agricultural system, providing hope in these uncertain times –...
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April 30, 2020
No-Till Farming

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Tim Keegan on No-Till Farming Practices and Precision Ag

By Keith KeeneyBlogNo Comments
Iowa maize, soybean and cow/calf farmer Tim Keegan is a strong advocate of no-till farming practices and precision farming tools, which he uses to increase efficiencies while protecting the land....
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April 20, 2020
Facts about U.S. Sustainability

Debunking Sustainability Myths and Misconceptions

By Sustainability AllianceBlogNo Comments

The past decade has brought a wave of conscientiousness as consumers, especially Millennials and Gen-Z’s, seem more interested than ever before to  know more about their food’s journey before it…

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March 20, 2020
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