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Earth Day in Alaska-A time to Mark Progress on Improving the Quality of Rural...
As America marks the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day, it’s good to reflect on the real, positive affect USDA’s water program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) is...
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USDA Officials Participate in African American Policy Forum in Mississippi
Mississippi Congressman Bennie G. Thompson moderates An America Built to Last: Jobs and Business Creation. On Wednesday, June 13, the White House, in conjunction with Congressman Bennie G. Thompson,...
View ArticleDid You Just Toss that Carrot Stick Away?
Did you throw away any food today? If so, you are not alone. Many of us struggle to store or use up the last of the leftovers or think of something edible to do with those shriveled vegetables at the...
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LED Lighting Improves Sustainability for Specialty-Crop Producers
Banks of light-emitting diodes (LED) illuminate plants in greenhouses. Purdue University researchers discovered that LEDs can provide a more beneficial light spectrum to greenhouse plants than...
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States Use Regional Partnership, Innovation to Protect Rivers and a Way of Life
The Mid-Snake River, near Twin Falls. Water Quality Trading is one way the States of Washington, Oregon and Idaho are working to protect their rivers. Photo courtesy of the Idaho DEQ Twin Falls...
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Safeguarding the Food Supply and Protecting Human Health
Specialty crops, such as chili peppers, is one of four program areas for IR-4. (Cristi Palmer, IR-4 Project, Rutgers University) This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA...
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