Young farmers in the news – National Young Farmers Coalition What Does Student Loan Forgiveness Have to Do with Farming? Everything. Kelsey Lindsey — Civil Eats and [...]
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS House Committee Votes to Strip Protections for Contract Farmers – On April 19 the House Appropriations Committee convened to debate and pass the [...]
Assisting Next Generation Dairy Farmers with MPP: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that dairy farms participating in the Margin Protection Program (MPP) can [...]
The Latest News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Grant Money for Value Added, GroupGAP Program, Farm Groups Support Conservation, and Programs for Veteran [...]
USDA Offers New Toolkit to Assess Economic Impact of Local Foods New Report from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Helps Communities Measure the Economic Benefits [...]
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS, USDA NEWS and FDA NEWS from the NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION – MARCH 7th 2016 GMO Labeling Debate Heating Up in Senate Senate [...]
Here is the latest Sustainable Agriculture News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Can USDA Support for Transitioning Organic Crops Spur the Market? [...]
The Conservation Stewardship Program signup period is officially OPEN until March 31 THE BASICS: Farmers and ranchers need to visit their local NRCS office for step 1 in the [...]
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) reported on its blog that there is new funding available for organic farming research. USDA’s National Institute of [...]