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Biochemist Turns Insect Hobby into Successful Research Business with USDA Funding

May 18, 2023 Matt Browning, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Dr. Aaron Dossey has taken what began as a Facebook hobby of photographing insects and turned it into a successful research business, thanks in part to funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA’s) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Research and Science

USDA Celebrates Renee McDonald, a Georgia Woman-Owned Agriculture Entrepreneur during National Small Business Month

May 18, 2023 staff of USDA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Renee McDonald, a first-generation sheep producer in Lee County Georgia, spends many nights monitoring newborn ewes. In the last lambing season at Sheepy Acres Farm, eight out of ten of her pregnant ewes gave birth to twins. The lambing season holds many memories, but it also presents challenges...

Equity Farming Initiatives