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Refugee Farmers Set Down Roots, Honor Traditions in Vermont

April 18, 2016 Amy Overstreet, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Rwanda native Janine Ndagijimana, her husband Faustine and their children moved to Burlington, Vermont in 2007 after living in a refugee camp in Tanzania for 13 years. Now a U.S. citizen, she works closely with Ben Waterman, the New American Farmer Program coordinator at the University of Vermont...

Conservation Farming

The Organic Industry Continues Double-Digit Growth with INTEGRITY

April 18, 2016 Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program

Earlier this month, my agency – the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) – released data showing that there are now more than 21,000 certified organic operations in the United States, and more than 31,000 around the world. These numbers represent an increase of almost 12 percent between 2014 and...

Conservation