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Two-Year Anniversary of Customer Experience Executive Order: USDA Celebrates Customer Experience Efforts

December 29, 2023 Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer for the Office of Customer Experience

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has implemented several customer experience (CX) improvements since President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government in December 2021. The executive order directed all...

Climate Equity Farming Food and Nutrition Initiatives Nutrition Security USDA Results

The Resilient Journey of Wild Blueberries of America: From Origins to Cultivation Challenges

August 23, 2023 Cameron Douglass, Ph.D., Agronomist/Weed Scientist, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

August is prime time for wild blueberries, also known as “lowbush” blueberries, in the United States. While over 95% of wild blueberries are produced in Maine, wild blueberries are native to most of the northern United States.

Farming Food and Nutrition Plants

From Sky to Soil: Young Agricultural Leaders Nourish FAS Satellite Data with Grassroots Truth

August 09, 2023 Zane Evans, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

Accurate crop mapping is a crucial process to informing reliable crop production estimates, addressing climate change, and developing strategies for sustainable agriculture.

Climate Farming Technology Trade

A Vision Realized: 10 Years of USDA Climate Hubs and the People Who Made It Happen

August 08, 2023 Holly R. Prendeville, Acting National Coordinator for USDA Climate Hubs, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy

In June 2013, Secretary Vilsack outlined a vision for agricultural solutions to environmental challenges, which included creating the Regional Climate Hubs. In 2014, the USDA Climate Hubs were established in to serve as regional centers of climate change information and outreach to reduce risks. The...

Climate Farming Forestry Research and Science

USDA Climate Hubs Go Global

May 22, 2023 Aleksey Minchenkov, Communications Director, Foreign Agricultural Service

For more than a decade, USDA’s Climate Hubs has been at the forefront of supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners. Last week, the department significantly boosted its efforts globally, by launching the International Climate Hub.

Climate

National Agriculture Day: Fifty Years Later, Farmers Are Growing a Climate for Tomorrow

March 21, 2023 Diane Petit, Public Affairs Specialist for FPAC

Fifty years after the creation of National Agriculture Day, America’s farmers, ranchers and private forestland owners find themselves on the front lines of climate change. They are uniquely positioned to deliver solutions by implementing climate-smart practices that conserve natural resources, build...

Farming Climate Conservation Forestry Inflation Reduction Act

Expanding Commodity Markets and Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge and Values into Climate Smart Agriculture

January 24, 2023 Heather Dawn Thompson, Director of the USDA Office of Tribal Relations

USDA’s Office of Tribal Relations is excited about the Department’s new investments through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. We’re investing a total of $3.1 billion in 141 projects. More than 20 tribes and tribal groups across the nation are partnering in many of these projects.

Climate Initiatives

200 Years of Bilateral Relations with Mexico: Protecting Agricultural Resources from Plant Pests and Animal Disease Threats on Both Sides of the Border

January 19, 2023 Nick Gutiérrez, APHIS, International Services Regional Manager in Mexico

As of December 2022, United States and Mexico are celebrating 200 years of bilateral relations. Over these two hundred years, our nations have developed rich diplomatic and cultural ties where agriculture and trade considerations feature a prominent role.

Animals Plants Trade