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USDA Helps Plant a Seed for a Healthier Next Generation of Inner City Students

March 25, 2015 Chris Groskreutz, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Georgia

As teams of agriculturalists across America celebrated National Agricultural Day on March 18, a group of volunteers and professionals arrived at Miller Grove Middle School in Lithonia, Georgia. They were there to give a hands-on outdoor lesson on how to build, plant and maintain a school garden to a...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Colorado Hay Producer Improves Farm Efficiencies through StrikeForce Initiative

March 25, 2015 Katherine Burse Johnson, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Colorado

Ken Sills has had difficulties getting water to his hayfields for years, impacting his ability to use his Grand Junction, Colorado land efficiently. “I just couldn’t get irrigation to the back of my place,” Sills said. “I tried a ditch and siphon tubes, but there were areas that were not getting...

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