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National Association of Conservation Districts will be core partner of new initiative.

Press release SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday a new effort to train the next generation of conservation and climate

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will release its latest Ag Census today.

The Agriculture Department on Monday announced its participation in President Biden’s American Climate Corps initiative, a program “to provide technical training and career pathway opportunities for young people, helping them deliver economic benefits through climate-smart...

The new Working Lands Climate Corps will train young adults for careers in climate-smart agriculture and conservation, said Agriculture deputy secretary Xochitl Torres Small on Monday. She announced the initiative at the National Association of Conservation Districts convention in San Diego.

TerraCycle, a Trenton-based company specializing in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams worldwide, has teamed up with Trenton Climate Corps, a grassroots initiative aiming to enhance the sustainability and climate resilience of the city. Their collaborative effort focuses on recycling the world’s most littered item – cigarette butts. Founded by Isles, Inc., a […]

In 2024, the Utah Conservation Corps, an AmeriCorps program based in Utah State University’s Center for Community Engagement, will receive one of three Project of the Year Awards from The

This AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps team did trail maintenance and construction work in Pennsylvania in 2017. Tim Leedy/MediaNews Group's Reading Eagle via Getty ImagesWhen President Joe Biden created the American Climate Corps by executive order on Sept. 20, 2023, it marked a step toward keeping a pledge he made nearly three years earlier: to create a new workforce training and service program to deal with global warming. The White House promises that the corps “will e...

BARABOO, Wis. — Arianna Barajas never thought of herself as the outdoors type. The daughter of Mexican immigrants who grew up in Chicagos suburbs, her forays into nature usually amounted

BARABOO, Wis. — Arianna Barajas never thought of herself as the outdoors type. The daughter of Mexican immigrants who grew up in Chicago’s suburbs, her forays into nature usually amounted