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USDA releases Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants

08/26/20 7:20 AM By Sara Wyant

USDA officials are handing out the first series of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants and cooperative agreements. A Woodland, California center is one of the first to receive funding for a project in West Sacramento.

FSA creating county committees focused on urban ag

08/12/20 4:51 PM By Noah Wicks

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it will create 10 Farm Service Agency county committees devoted to urban agriculture to better understand and support the field.

USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

05/20/20 6:20 AM By Sara Wyant

USDA is rolling out competitive grants under the new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production, led by the NRCS.

Farmers markets and SNAP redemption boosting local food sales

07/31/19 6:35 AM By Ed Maixner

Urban agriculture, internet marketing, SNAP purchase bonuses and more keep farmers markets and other direct sales on a growth path.

Julie Anna Potts, North American Meat Institute

This week’s Open Mic guest is Julie Anna Potts, president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute. Few segments of the food industry were forced to adapt as quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic to meet consumer demand as members of the North American Meat Institute. Now, Potts says, the meat industry is looking forward to a new normal and embracing new challenges including a court challenge to California’s Proposition 12 ballot initiative that threatens to wreak havoc on interstate commerce of meat. Potts says resolving labor issues remains a top priority for the meat industry as well as securing the safety of their existing workers from COVID-19.

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Meet the Farm Hand

04.09.2021

Meet the Farm Hand: Autumn Price, Land O'Lakes

Autumn Price discusses her Georgia roots and explains the journey she took to come to D.C. She also reflects on the lessons she learned while working on the Senate Ag Committee, the story of how she and her husband first met, the ‘grain glitch,’ and even shares her most embarrassing moment.

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