Projects to build and improve water and wastewater infrastructure in rural communities across the nation will receive U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance in the form of loans and grants. The…
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A report from the European Commission published this month says EU countries must step up efforts to implement sustainable agricultural practices to conserve and enhance biodiversity. The report is a…
A recent report published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) calls for wastewater to be reclassified as a renewable water resource rather than…
Rai Expo published the video interview to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Michael Scuse and the U.S. Sustainability Alliance’s David Green at the USA Pavilion during the U.S. Sustainability Alliance event at
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…
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.
