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An annual report from Virginia Tech University shows agriculture is behind the pace of meeting the productivity needs of 2050. The 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report urges the acceleration of productivity growth at all production scales to meet consumers' needs and address human and environmental well-being threats ...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Flexible Funding grants, a new grant program intended to help those trying to address hunger in their local community. The WSDA’s Hector Castro says the grants are eligible to projects in three categories: Those making food distribution more efficient Those targeting community needs Pilot projects, innovations and fo

One of the major topics of discussion during the recent UN World Food Summit was not just changing farming systems to be more productive and climate-friendly, but also finding ways to stop loss of food from farm to consumer.In some countries, a third of food that's produced is lost... Read More ...

Reducing wasted food is a growing priority both in the United States, and around the world. Stephanie Ho has more. Wednesday September 29th is International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.

Thanks to $6.4 million provided by the state legislature, throughout 2021 the Washington State Department of Agriculture allocated grant funding to over 80 food assistance organizations statewide. The WSDA’s Hector Castro, said the supplemental capacity grants were intended to help serve communities more effectively. "The f ...

A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization shows a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020. While the pandemic's impact has yet to be fully mapped, the multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population - up to 811 million people - were undernourished last year ...

One segment of the population that is typically overlooked with it comes to SNAP is senior citizens. "We need to make sure we address the challenges with seniors," said Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack, at a recent anti-hunger conference. "I think some seniors believe that SNAP is a welfare program; it's not ...

What are some of the ways that rural child hunger is being addressed through recent legislation and existing USDA programs? "An increase in the SNAP benefit. We now have over a million Americans that are using the SNAP benefit online because they are having a difficult time maybe accessing a grocery store, now they have an opportunity to use this additional online," noted Agriculture Sec

One of the priorities of the USDA under the Biden Administration, according to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is to maintain the current increased SNAP benefits. "I think it's fair to say that the SNAP benefit is, in many cases, not adequate enough to provide the help and assistance that is needed," Vilsack noted ...

Many in the farming community say, yes, America has plenty of food to feed its hungry, but producing it isn’t cheap. And as producer margins narrow, farm leaders worry the cost of production could become too much for many small operators to bear. Dur ...