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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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REMINDER: USDA Under Secretary Taylor to Hold Media Call from the Netherlands

REMINDER: USDA Under Secretary Taylor to Hold Media Call from the Netherlands WASHINGTON, April 18, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will hold a media teleconference TOMORROW, April 19, at Noon ET, from Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she has been leading a delegation of representatives …

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NEWS RELEASE: USDA Offers New Funding to Promote the Expansion of High-Speed Internet in Rural Areas

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Contact: press NEWS RELEASE USDA Offers New Funding to Promote the Expansion of High-Speed Internet in Rural Areas $20 million in Technical Assistance Funding is Available to Plan High-Speed Internet Projects in Rural Communities WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) …

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USDA Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Under Secretary Taylor Launches Trade Mission to the Netherlands

USDA Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Under Secretary Taylor Launches Trade Mission to the Netherlands AMSTERDAM, April 17, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor launched the first-ever regional agribusiness trade mission to the Netherlands in Amsterdam. Under Secretary Taylor and her delegation of …

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Earth Day 2023, farmer award, update your directory listings

and more from the AGW family View as Webpage Photo credit: Chapel Hill Creamery in Chapel Hill, NC Dear Dennis, This week we’re gearing up for Earth Day 2023 (coming up on Saturday, April 22) and this year’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet.” To take part, we will be encouraging everyone we know to …

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MEDIA ADVISORY: USDA Under Secretary Taylor to Hold Media Teleconference from the Netherlands

USDA Under Secretary Taylor to Hold Media Teleconference from the Netherlands WASHINGTON, April 14, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will travel to Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 17-19, to lead USDA’s first-ever agribusiness trade mission to the region. She will be joined by a delegation …

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