Items Tagged with 'U.S. Department of Agriculture'

California’s 44 projects are receiving awards ranging from roughly $200,000 to $2 million.

The International Dairy Foods Association has announced three staff promotions Andrew Jerome to vice president of communications, Jessica Matsko to manager of executive office and special projects and Victoria Pender to manager of events and programs. The Food Research Action Center named Crystal FitzSimons as interim president, succeeding former interim president Kelly Horton who began that position in April. Syngenta hired Susan Luke former director of global issues and crisis communication for Bayer’s crop science division as a senior communications manager for Syngenta U.S. Crop Protection and corporate communications.

Farmers and ranchers looking to serve their community next year can now be nominated for the Farm Service Agency’s county committees. This year, the Department of Agriculture is streamlining the process with the addition of a GIS tool for producers to make nominations and vote.

In this opinion piece, Josh Hinerfeld expresses the challenges around organic farming and why support in Washington is needed to ensure the industry’s growth.

Funding will mitigate pests and diseases harmful to the agriculture industry, including a NOW SIT research project.

USDA is awarding $200 million through the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops program to help small-scale agricultural operations.

USDA says it will contribute nearly $1 billion to support the purchase of American-grown food in schools.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it signed an agreement to enhance its support of minority communities through its partnership with 1890s Land-Grant institutions.