Tag: US Department of Agriculture
Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the...
Farm families are struggling to grow their businesses in child care...
Shoshanah Inwood, The Ohio State University and Florence Becot, The Ohio State University
Kerissa and Charlie Payne are...
Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques...
Scott Solomon, Rice University
King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source –...
Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that’s an opportunity to promote...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
Farmers are coping with a fertilizer crisis brought on by soaring fossil fuel prices...
Changes are coming to school meals nationwide – an expert in...
Marlene B. Schwartz, University of Connecticut
For the two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. public schools have been...
Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the...
Yuko Sato, Iowa State University
An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread...
What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic...
Unlike the US, Europe is setting ambitious targets for producing more...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
President Joe Biden has called for an all-of-government response to climate change that looks...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
