urban agriculture

The USDA is providing a total of $14.4 million in grants and technical assistance through two separately funded projects to support urban agriculture and innovative production.  The Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production is making $2.5 mi...

What is behind a recent adjustment in minimum crop acreage reporting dimensions? The explanation by USDA Farm Service Agency acting deputy Administrator John Berge starts with why acreage reporting is important for producers.    “The best way to gain entry into our programs, whether it's risk management or finance or disaster payments, is to utilize an acreage report in order to do that.”    Yet .

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is awarding more than $1 billion in competitive grants to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat and climate change, and improve access to nature in cities, towns, and suburbs where more than 84% of Americans live, work, and play.

The Senate Agriculture Committee once again released a newsletter entitled "Farm Bill 101: Forestry." The one-pager is designed to be easily digestible and explain how the bill helps in forestry.

This one-pager is designed to be easily digestible and explains urban agriculture in layman’s terms.

As Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said many times, "Farming/agriculture is not necessarily the exclusive element of rural, it is also now very heavily engaged in urban communities across the United States." And he would like to see it grow in urban areas, so it's part of USDA's framework for transforming the US agricultural system ...

During the month of March, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack talked about efforts to grow what farming means in the United States, and beyond. "We're expanding the notion of agriculture.  That it just doesn't have to happen in a rural area, they can happen in a big city, too." ...

From his first stint as Agriculture Secretary, back in 2009, Tom Vilsack has talked about and worked, ​"...to build an urban agricultural opportunity." The latest step in that direction coming recently when Vilsack announced the make-up of his new advisory committee on urban agriculture.  A ...

The Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District was recently awarded two grants to help the Central Oregon farming community. DSWCD was one of 20 conservation districts nationwide to be awarded an Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant ...

The Department of Agriculture seeks members for a new advisory committee on urban agriculture. The committee is part of a broader effort to focus on the needs of urban farmers. The 12-person committee will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the development of policies and outreach relating to urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices and identify any barriers to urban