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USDA has joined the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration in proposing a draft strategy to reduce food loss and waste, with the intention of carrying out the plan in 2024.

In the aftermath of Maui’s Lahaina wildfire, the University of Hawai‘i will use $519,000 in USDA grants to fund research projects that aim to reinforce Hawai‘i’s agriculture against disasters and address the health risks of toxic chromium.

November was Native American Heritage Month, and the theme of this year’s event was “Indigenous Foods: The Intersection Between Land, Food and Culture.”

The USDA says farmers who hire H-2A laborers next year will be paying higher wages, and in some cases, the increase is large. Veronica Nigh, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, talks about the increasing costs of farm labor.

Newly published online maps show fencing can help prevent the spread of the disease.

An artisan cheese hailed as the smelliest in the world is to grace the nation’s Christmas dinner tables after its maker signed an exclusive deal with one of Britain’s largest supermarkets.

The Expanding Agroforestry Project is funded by the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative, led by the United States Department of Agriculture. 

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The House takes up a bill aimed at boosting agriculture and energy research even as Congress lumbers toward the upcoming holiday break in a continued stalemate over spending for Ukraine and Israel, border security and fiscal 2024 appropriations.

A pair of aging manatees named Romeo and Juliet are set to be released from the Florida aquarium where they’ve lived since 1956, often in inadequate conditions. The effort to free them followed a scathing July report by the USDA and campaigns by animal rights groups.