The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded funding for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems that will help more than 1,100 rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy…
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Over the past six years, USDA has worked with private landowners to implement voluntary conservation practices that conserve and clean the water we drink. Examples of results achieved by USDA’s investments include
A panel representing farmers, equipment and technology providers highlighted innovative trends in agricultural practices that will help address the challenge of producing enough food, fiber and fuel to feed more…
As the summer growing season comes to a close and harvest season nears, farmers across the country begin gathering their crops to sort, package and sell, and preparing their fields for colder months to come. Farming is a difficult profession, but an immensely important one.
BIGWIDESKY announced that the “This is Harvest” video that has been nominated for an EMMY® from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America. Filmed on pastoral heartland farms in Teutopolis,…
Over 350 national and international groups including ActionAid International, Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), Greenpeace, Third World Network, and World Rainforest Movement called for a rejection of Climate-Smart Agriculture…
The United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with a pledge by 193 world leaders to double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the United States’ first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50-percent reduction by 2030. As part of…
In their own words, U.S. wheat farmers describe the work they do with every crop to ensure U.S. wheat remains the highest quality, most valuable wheat in the world.
Representing a broad section of the U.S. food and agricultural industry, members of the U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance (USBCA) sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking for “practical, trade…
“Other than my family, there is nothing I treasure more than my farm.” A lot has changed on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 325 years, but corn is still a staple crop, and the Councell family still farms in Talbot County.
A U.K. survey indicates that 100% of foodservice businesses would choose to work with a procurement partner that helps them identify sustainable products compared with those who don’t – proving that…
September 8, 2015 The U.S. Sustainability Alliance (USSA) welcomes two new members – the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW). The addition of these two important partners in…
According to a recent tree mapping study conducted by Thomas Crowther and colleagues from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, there are three trillion trees on earth — a number higher than previous estimates.
According to a recent tree mapping study conducted by Thomas Crowther and colleagues from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, there are three trillion trees on earth — a…
By Elizabeth Westendorf A rapidly emerging food marketing trend is the concept of “sustainable production.” Sustainability is not clearly defined and therefore means something different to each participant in the…
A rapidly emerging food marketing trend is the concept of “sustainable production.” Sustainability is not clearly defined and therefore means something different to each participant in the value chain.
Phil Karsting, Administrator of the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenged the world’s leading agricultural producers to embrace innovation and make decisions based on science to feed…
By Kathy Dixon Just one year after Virginia’s Resource Management Plan (RMP) program was implemented, the plans are rolling in. The program to help implement and track farmers’ conservation efforts began July 1, 2014. Organizers’…
Punting, passing and dodging may be winning strategies on the sports field. Yet when it comes to tackling the California drought, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) goes for head-on approaches. The University’s latest move is expected to conserve more than 6.5 million gallons of water annually.
