A team of researchers from University of California Cooperative Extension in San Diego County is investigating the economic feasibility of growing high-value specialty crops in urban settings like vacant lots. The team developed a 17,000-square-foot farm, the Small-Scale Urban Ag Demonstration Site, that’s testing containerized production of high-value specialty crops both outdoors and in high […]

As the climate continues to change, the risks to farming are only going to increase, say California scientists in a paper published in the open access journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. “Climate Smart Agriculture: Assessing Needs and Perceptions of California’s Farmers” identifies the climate challenges farmers are already experiencing and documents how farmers are […]

Resources from the recently completed Southwest Tribal Agroforestry Outreach Project are now available online from the Quivira Coalition. An assortment of written, video, and audio resources is offered, including newly released videos of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute’s 30-year-old food forest and Tewa Women United’s Healing Foods Oasis. Materials released over the last year include a […]

USDA announced nearly $110 million in investments designed to expand meat and poultry processing capacity in the United States through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) and the Local Meat Capacity (Local MCap) Grant Program. Specifically, USDA is partnering with the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund to provide more than $83 million in […]

In April 2024, dairy farmers, processors, service providers, policy makers, and industry stakeholders from across the Northeast gathered at the Northeast Dairy Innovation Summit in New York to envision the future of regional dairy. Three short videos from the event are available from the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center. They address takeaways on the future […]