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Hosted by the Ecological Farming Association, the annual EcoFarm Conference is the oldest and largest sustainable agriculture gathering in the western United States. Featuring over 60 skill-building workshops in English and Spanish, keynotes, pre-conference events, farm tours, seed swaps, tastings, networking, and the EcoFarm Expo.

Mississippi, under the direction of Gov. Tate Reeves, chose to opt out of a summer food benefits program. Many families are not in support.

Since California’s new overtime law for farm employees took effect in 2019, there has been, on average, a decrease in farmworker’s hours and wages, and the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will meet this Friday.

Every morning, when I am able to be at home, I look over our family farm and can’t help but feel an overwhelming pride knowing that my father and grandfather stood and looked over these same Georgia hills.

The grant allows the school district to purchase new distance learning and telemedicine technology for the middle/high school.

Walton library story time

The USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is allocating over $203m to support nearly 70 agricultural organizations in their efforts to expand export markets for US food and agricultural products.

Proposition 12, the California law that prohibits the sale of whole pork in the state that comes from the pigs raised in gestation crates, is now in place, and USDA’s Undersecretary Alexis Taylor will lead a trade mission to India in April and USDA is accepting applications from exporters whod like to join her.

Congressional leaders announced agreement Sunday on a new stopgap funding bill that would keep the government funded until March 1 for some departments and agencies, including USDA, and to March 8 for the rest.

USDA says foreign-owned wind energy projects account for much of the increase.