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Making Strides with School Meals

September 11, 2014 Brooke Hardison, USDA Office of Communications

The following guest blog is part of our Cafeteria Stories series, highlighting the efforts of hard working school nutrition professionals who are dedicated to making the healthy choice the easy choice at schools across the country. We thank them for sharing their stories!

Food and Nutrition

New Fences Keep Cattle In, But Allow Elk & Wildlife to Move Freely

September 11, 2014 Ruben Vasquez, District Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wyoming

Long-time rancher John Nunn’s land is near a route where pronghorn migrate. His ranch is surrounded by woven fences, and although the pronghorn can sometimes find a way through, he wanted to ease access for them. “We found they would go a certain path, and we didn’t want to jeopardize that,” Nunn...

Conservation

Northeast Climate Hub, University Partners, to Assist Producers and Land Managers Adapt to Climate and Weather Variability

September 11, 2014 David Hollinger, Director of the Northeast Climate Hub

As Director of the USDA Northeast Climate Hub, I am pleased to announce new partnerships with 12 land grant universities. This partnership effort will give the region’s farmers, foresters, and land managers better access to information and tools for adapting to climate and weather variability. The...

New Mexico: A Rich Cultural History of Farming and Ranching

September 11, 2014 Longino Bustillos, New Mexico State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Farming has...

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