Local and regional food systems are exciting hotbeds of innovation. USDA can help speed that innovation through our programs in research and economic analysis, and we can multiply their benefits th...
Ag students place in Rangeland Cup national competition | Former college Legacy Award recipient new UW trustee | UW professor part of study identifying major issues facing coal production | Outstan...
This is a transcript from the June 26, 2009 USDA ERS Symposium on Local Food Systems. Here is the part from Session 3 – Economics and Impacts of Local Foods.
Pay specific attention to “Environmen...
If processing tomatoes with citric acid or lemon juice is not part of a home canner's tomato-canning procedures, it's time to update that home-canning information. Tomato-processing procedures have...
February 2009 Issue: UW/USDA research should enable sheep producers to easily improve genetics | Ag econ researchers start phase two of state predator project | Scott Shaw hopes butterfly bill flie...
April 2007 Issue: AES director receives outstanding alumni honor | Adjunct professor receives USDA honor for research | Lab in memory of Williams/Thorne dedication April 20 | Jacobsen, Nelson earn ...
This information has been gathered from the USDA website. I have summarized it for use as a quick guide to help you know how to safely handle your poultry when making safe healthy dinners and low ...
HAC Publication USDA Rural Development Programs: FY 2008 Year End Report - Section II
USDA Rural Development Housing Programs: FY 2008 Year-End Report, produced by the Housing Assistance Council, ...
HAC Publication USDA Rural Development Programs: FY 2008 Year End Report - Full Report
USDA Rural Development Housing Programs: FY 2008 Year-End Report, produced by the Housing Assistance Council,...
Mark Hegsted’s (former USDA head of the Center for Human Nutrition) personal account of the history of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans cerca 1980.
This is a monthly publication that the Louisiana-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) develops to feature events and news that is taking place around the state.
There are around 2.5 billion farm animals that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to track under the proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS). If and when this tr...
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Economic Research Report No. (ERR-77) 42 pp, July 2009
Developing countries, particularly those that depend heavily on a small number of agricultural exports, are v...
Abstract from the Report: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct a 1-year study to assess the extent of areas with limited access to ...
The USDA released a recap of the growth in direct-to-consumer sales for local farmers in May 2009. The document contains many charts showing the dramatic growth over the early 21st century.