+ stock up on egg cartons, new grant opportunities & more View as Webpage Photo credit: April Joy Farm in Ridgefield, WA Dear Dennis, Thanks to all who helped spread the word, donated and shared our posts and video this Earth Day—it was great to see all the appreciation for AGW farmers. And while Earth …
Month: April 2023
Xerces is all about solutions and your participation makes it all possible
View as Webpage April 28, 2023 The Xerces Society is all about solutions, which means that science is vital to our conservation efforts. You cannot establish conservation solutions for invertebrates without first understanding their needs and the issues that impact them. To this end, we use applied science, research, and community science to understand the …
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Planning for Retirement & More on Benefits.gov
April 28, 2023 Planning for Retirement
USDA Faculty Exchange Program Helps Tuskegee University Expand Its International Impact
USDA Faculty Exchange Program Helps Tuskegee University Expand Its International Impact For 10 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Faculty Exchange Program Fellows from Africa, the Spring 2023 semester started with a journey thousands of miles from home to embark on a new and exciting academic exchange at Tuskegee University, our nation’s only historically black college …
APHIS Releases New Strategic Plan for 2023-2027
Contact: APHISPress Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a new 5-year strategic plan. It incorporates input we received from stakeholders on the strategic framework—a summarized version of the plan that we published in June 2022. The plan includes six strategic goals. They focus on: Protecting agriculture from …
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FEATURE STORY: Helping Reduce Methane Emissions by Solving a Sticky Problem for U.S. Exporters
Helping Reduce Methane Emissions by Solving a Sticky Problem for U.S. Produce Exporters We see them every time we purchase fresh fruits and vegetables: price look up (PLU) labels. The little coin-size stickers are stuck to everything from apples, bananas, and cantaloupes to watermelons, yams, and zucchini. According to the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, PLU labels …
Understanding the Food-Climate Connection This Earth Day
+ actions that help our planet View as Webpage Dear Dennis, At A Greener World, we focus on empowering sustainable solutions in agriculture. Our mission is to certify farms and businesses producing sustainable products, provide them with free marketing and technical assistance, help shoppers support these farmers through their purchasing power, and communicate our deep …
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News Release: Ahead of Earth Day, USDA Announces $18.3 Million to Protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. News Release Ahead of Earth Day, USDA Announces $18.3 Million to Protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin Projects Will Build Clean Water Infrastructure and Create Jobs That Will Benefit People Living in Rural Watersheds in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, …
Happy Earth Day from the Xerces Society
View as Webpage April 21, 2023 This Earth Day, Celebrate The Stars Of Biodiversity: Insects The big vertebrates we are most familiar with—say, a dog, lizard, or giraffe—are relatively easy to see and understand, belonging to the 1% of known animals that have a spinal cord. Yet say “bee” and you may be referring to …
USDA Announces Funding Availability to Expand Meat and Poultry Pr ocessing Options for Underserved Producers and Tribal Communities
NEWS RELEASE Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. NEWS RELEASE USDA Announces Funding Availability to Expand Meat and Poultry Processing Options for Underserved Producers and Tribal Communities Up to $125 million through two grant programs will increase choices for producers, including new capacity for indigenous meat processing to support tribal …
North Carolina Small Farm Association 