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Applications close January 10, 2025. This RFA is one of three funding opportunities being offered under the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program in FY 2025. The fiscal year (FY) 2025 Farm to School State Agency Grant is intended to promote agricultural education and increase the amount of local food served in eligible child […]
Green Lands, Blue Waters is offering Continuous Living Cover 101, a self-paced, online course for agricultural, conservation, and technical assistance professionals. The course introduces the concept of continuous living covers and describes five basic strategies to achieve them (annuals + cover crops, agroforestry, perennial grains, perennial forage and grazing, and perennial biomass). It also showcases […]
A study led by researchers at Penn State and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that the essential nutrient phosphorus is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States. The study analyzed data from 430 U.S. rivers and found that phosphorus loss from agricultural lands […]
USDA announced a new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops initiative that will provide $2 billion to assist specialty crop growers in maintaining a strong domestic supply and expanding market opportunities for their crops. This program will expand markets by helping specialty crop growers who typically have higher marketing costs related to the tenderness and perishability […]
Applications are due by January 30, 2025. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is offering $1.87 million in Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Urban Agriculture Grants. In addition, MDA is offering a new Urban Farm Conservation Mini-Grant with a total of $75,000 available. The AGRI Urban Agriculture Grant awards up to $75,000 for Minnesota […]
Livestock producers and researchers in California are exploring the potential of virtual fence for livestock grazing. The technology utilizes GPS-enabled collars to monitor animal locations in real time. The collars provide audio and tactile cues to contain animals within a perimeter set by a producer using a laptop or smartphone application. Field trials showed that […]
The American Lamb Board received a USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Grant to quantify the impacts of targeted sheep grazing that includes an opportunity for 150 sheep producers to enroll. Each enrolled producer will work with a Technical Assistance Provider to establish an operational plan, implement recommended changes, and organize farm data that will be needed to […]
Applications are due by January 30, 2025. As part of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) 2025 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration program, approximately $1 million in funding is available under the People’s Garden Initiative through USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. The program will fund projects that support community-based gardens […]
A new study led by University of Ottawa scientist Sabrina Rondeau shows that more than 70% of wild bee species face significant risks from pesticide residues in soil. The study revealed that pesticide risk assessments based on honeybees fail to account for the vulnerability of ground-nesting bees to pesticide residue. This research showed that important […]
The Organic Seed Alliance has unveiled the theme for the 2025 Organic Seed Growers Conference, set for February 26 – March 1 in Corvallis, Oregon. “Weaving Visions of Organic Seed Communities” draws on the diverse threads of the organic seed movement, noting that each seed steward, grower, and advocate brings a unique perspective and practice […]
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