California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is accepting proposals for new conservation management practices for inclusion in its Healthy Soils Program (HSP). To be included in HSP and supported by incentive grants, a practice must meet two criteria: achieving net GHG reduction benefits that can be estimated through a […]

USDA proposed a rule, “Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems,” to address abuses that have occurred in grower-ranking payment systems and additional capital investment requirements that poultry companies commonly ask of their contract growers. The proposed rule would, if finalized, prohibit deductions from the base price in contracts for broiler chicken growers, permitting […]

The University of Copenhagen mapped the global extent of greenhouses, revealing that greenhouse cultivation is increasing rapidly and covers at least 1.3 million hectares of the Earth’s surface. This figure is nearly three times more than previous estimates and includes cultivation in glass houses or open fields wrapped in plastic films. The study shows that […]

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Local Food Research Center surveys participants in the Appalachian Grown program each year to to take the pulse of farming in the region and assess the impact of ASAP’s programs and services. This annual survey gathers information about market channel opportunities, marketing strategies, and farm product sales. Producers were also able […]

USDA Food and Nutrition Service published a memo on the recent expansion of the geographic preference option in the final rule “Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans” that was published on April 25, 2024. Changes to the rule help ease challenges for Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs) related to […]