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New technological advances allow us to use wood to build tall buildings. These components are made by joining smaller pieces of wood together and are called mass timber.

Chairs of four Senate committees are calling on the Biden administration to quickly implement new exemptions from SNAP work requirements for veterans, people who are homeless, and young adults who are aging out of the foster care system.

Global Clean Energy Holdings has signed an agreement with the Department of Agriculture to participate in the agency’s Climate-Smart Camelina project. The Torrance energy company can now start on its $30 million pilot program to measure and validate the advantages of camelina as an ultralow-carbon nonfood renewable fuel feedstock. 

Funding will support technical assistance covering 600,000 acres in 19 states.

Global Clean Energy Holdings and USDA have signed a contract for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commoditie...

Split on party lines, a House subcommittee approved a USDA spending bill that would rescind $6 billion earmarked for clean energy and farm loan forgiveness.

California’s dairy industry could reach net-zero before the end of the decade through ‘aggressive’ methane mitigation, according to a peer-reviewed study.

Republicans on the House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday advanced a fiscal 2024 spending bill for USDA and FDA over Democratic accusations that it was a “sham proposal” that relied on funding rescissions that were unlikely to materialize in time. 

USDA's 2023 goal of combating climate change to support farmers is in full swing.

The farm is moving toward a grass-fed operation to eliminate the need for mechanically harvested grains that with a large carbon footprint.