Open Data for Transparent and Effective Disaster Relief
Support for those affected by disasters is critical. By developing more comprehensive tools that prepare citizens and government before the next event helps. Helping communities rebuild and become...
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Discovering U.S. Agriculture Products Abroad
Deputy Secretary Harden examines Pacific Northwest cherries on sale at the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Guangzhou. U.S. agricultural exports are a bright spot in our economy – the...
View ArticleUnleashing Climate Data to Empower America’s Agricultural Sector
Cross-posted from the White House Blog: Today, in a major step to advance the President’s Climate Data Initiative, the Obama administration is inviting leaders of the technology and agricultural...
View ArticleNew Biogas Opportunities Roadmap is Part of Climate Change Solution, Emerging...
Farmers have long understood the need to care for our air, land and water. They know that farms are more productive and efficient when they’re properly cared for. Protecting natural resources protects...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Partnerships Power Conservation Efforts
When USDA launched the Regional Conservation Partnership Program several months ago, we talked about our hope that this new way of doing business would build coalitions of unlikely partners and bring...
View ArticlePassion for the Future of Agriculture
If I could use one word to describe the farmers and ranchers I have met during my time as Deputy Secretary it would be passionate. Last week, it was my great pleasure to join the White House in...
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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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“Seeding” the Next Crop of Scientists
Future scientists conduct their first experiment: 1st grade students at the Salish School of Spokane hypothesize how different food choices and chemical scents will affect insect behavior and then...
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Chinese High Tunnel Part of Innovation at Missouri Teaching Farm
Curtis Millsap works in the Chinese High Tunnel on his southwestern Missouri farm. NRCS photo. You can get just about anything you want at Millsap Farms, including an education about market farming....
View ArticleUniting Industry Leaders to Propel Agricultural Research
This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Everyday at USDA, we...
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SBIR Grants Help Increase Company Growth, Decrease Forest Waste
The “Forest Scramble” playscape at Myrick Hixon EcoPark, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, features small-diameter round timber construction design by WholeTrees Architecture and Structures. WholeTrees has used...
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Fermentation Fest – Innovation and Creativity in Rural Wisconsin
Ruminant, The Grand Masticator, a transformed John Deere combine by Minnesota artist Karl Unnasch, a temporary art installation along the Farm/Art DTour 2013. Photo by Aaron Dysert As we enter the...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Bioeconomy Brings Big Opportunity to Rural America
Today, small businesses and global companies alike have harnessed the power of America’s farms to create new biobased products that are used all around the world. Everything from cleaning products to...
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Announcing the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition to Innovate Building...
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and other emerging wood technologies are being used in new construction projects around the world, like these apartment buildings in Vaxjo, Sweden. (Photo credit: Midroc...
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Wisconsin Welcomes the World
Agricultural attachés from around the world explore a cranberry marsh in Warrens, Wis. Wisconsin is known worldwide for its cheese, but what about its cranberries, ginseng, urban agriculture or...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: Family Farmers Do More Than Feed the World
Earlier today, Secretary Vilsack posted a guest column on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations blog in honor of World Food Day. The UN General Assembly has designated 2014...
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No Sour Grapes for a Nebraska Vinegar Crafter
A sampling of the signature 'Emilia' blend from George Paul Vinegars of Cody, Nebraska. (Photo Credit Alan J. Bartels / NebraskaLife) Fifteen years ago, George Johnson and his daughter, Emily, began...
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New Program Helps Bringing Technology and Innovation to Market
An abundant blackberry crop that is easier to harvest on the Rotating Cross-Arm Trellis, which is on the market thanks to an SBIR loan. Photo Fumiomi Takeda, ARS. This post is part of the Science...
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Conservation Program to Launch Bold Ideas, Accelerate Innovation
NRCS Chief Weller talks with partners, conservation agencies and landowners during a conservation tour in Illinois. When USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) launched the Regional...
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#AgStrong Innovation in Rural America
Almond growers are innovative in their water savings. This orchard uses micro-irrigation, which efficiently directs water. Photo courtesy of the Almond Board. It takes a lot of hard work to make a...
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