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…
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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.
July 2015 hit the all-time highest monthly global temperature dating back to 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency focused on the condition of…
Buzzwords like “sustainability” and “conservation” may seem au courant to Madison Avenue marketers but for Jennifer James, a fourth generation rice farmer from Arkansas, these concepts are nothing new.
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-188) 52 pp, July 2015 by William McBride, Catherine Greene, Linda Foreman, and Mir Ali The United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service has published…
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-189) 78 pp, July 2015 by Sun Ling Wang, Paul Heisey, David Schimmelpfennig, and Eldon Ball The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service has published a…
Eradicating world hunger sustainably by 2030 will require an estimated additional $267 billion per year on average for investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection so poor…
By Heather Johnston | Innova | Food Policy The U.S. and the countries of the EU have a long history of exchange of agricultural ideas, but a much less strong…
The US and the countries of the EU have a long history of exchange of agricultural ideas, but a much less strong direct trade relationship.
However, a free trade agreement between the EU and the US is now rising on the political agenda, and this has implications for agrifood policy and trading.
The USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 really is a ‘site’ to be seen. From its 800 square meter vertical farm to its interactive boardwalk exhibition with state-of-the-art digital media, the USA Pavilion takes you on a journey through America’s food culture.
Milan: July 3, 2015 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack joined members of the U.S. Sustainability Alliance (USSA) at the EXPO 2015 in a panel discussion on the benefits…
The U.S. poultry industry began to commercialize in the 1940s and has evolved into an efficient and sustainable industry.
The USA Rice Federation, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU), and more than 40 collaborating partners are pleased that the “Rice Stewardship Partnership – Sustaining the Future of Rice” project was selected for support by USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
Field to Market®: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy® announced a new partnership that seeks to harmonize on-farm sustainability metrics and drive greater collaboration…
Study Finds Increasing Wood Pellet Demand Boosts Forest Growth, Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Creates Jobs An industry that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase forest growth, and create jobs sounds…
The House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee held a Subcommittee public hearing on June 11 to review the implementation of conservation programs included in the Agricultural Act of 2014. The Conservation and…
