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The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has launched Kentucky Farm to School Stars Recognition Program to recognize three school districts annually that have demonstrated a commitment to increase purchases directly from […]
Researchers are working with the Rodale Institute in Fulton County, Georgia, to explore whether high-value saffron would be a viable potential specialty crop for growers in the state, reports WABE. […]
In the Journal of Laser Applications, by AIP Publishing, researchers at Auburn University in Alabama introduced their paper-based temperature and humidity sensors that are accurate and reliable, as well as […]
Purdue University is offering a free Handbook on Processing Fish for Small-Scale Fish Farmers, to aid producers in the Midwest with limited or no access to economically feasible seafood processing […]
A study of crop fields, vegetable fields, vineyards, and adjacent meadows in Germany showed that active ingredients of pesticides were present in soils and plants throughout the year. A study […]
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering a free, on-demand webinar titled “An Overview of Technical Note 190-12: Conservation Activities in Organic Farming Systems Part 2: Organic IPM, Livestock, Pastures, […]
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, published a study in the Journal of Applied Ecology on their assessment of food-safety risks posed by nearly 10,000 birds that they tracked […]
Michigan State University reports that truffle dogs and their handlers have found two new species of truffle in the United States, as verified by scientists at the university. The scientists’ […]
A 20-year study on diversified cropping systems fertilized with livestock manure, led by Iowa State University researchers, showed environmental benefits but not the expected carbon sequestration. The study results were […]
Western University professor Joshua M. Pearce wrote in The Conversation about a Canadian study that found “solar shepherds” grazing sheep under solar panels can earn incomes equivalent to doctors, senior […]
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