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Future Scientists Programs to Tackle Future Agricultural Challenges

September 30, 2014 Dr. Craig Wilson, Director, USDA Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics mission area will highlight those...

Research and Science

HACU Empowers the Next Generation

September 23, 2014 Dan Wueste, USDA Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, USDA’s Research, Education, and Economics mission area will highlight those...

Research and Science

USDA Smokey Bear Paintings on Display for First Time

September 16, 2014 Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. If you hear a deep resonant voice and the words, “Only YOU…,” you probably could complete the iconic words, “…can prevent...

Forestry Research and Science

A "Brighter" Way to Save Money, Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Increase Productivity

September 09, 2014 Dennis O'Brien, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Sometimes greenhouse gases can be traced to greenhouses—or at least to their lighting systems. That’s why the Albany City...

Research and Science

Back to School Means More Opportunities for NASS Statistician

September 02, 2014 Lisa Jackson, National Agricultural Statistics Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Back to school has a three-fold meaning for me these days. In addition to watching my daughter and son head back to complete...

Research and Science

Allergy Sufferers May Soon be Able to Find a Peanut and Eat it Too

August 26, 2014 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Researchers at North Carolina A&T University (NC A&T) are on the verge of leveling the playing field for millions who suffer...

Research and Science

Bees Help Native American Students Learn about Math, Science

August 26, 2014 Sean Adams, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. There’s nothing like a little “hands-on” activity to help students learn. And what better way to encourage math and science...

Research and Science

Volunteers Help Americans Eat More Greens

August 19, 2014 Justice Wright, Public Affairs Specialist for Research, Education, and Economics

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Most of us were reminded every night to eat the veggies on our childhood dinner plates. And for good reason, too. Veggies...

Food and Nutrition Farming Research and Science

Uniting Industry Leaders to Propel Agricultural Research

August 12, 2014 Catherine Woteki, Ph.D., USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Everyday at USDA, we work to ensure that American agriculture delivers safe, nutritious food and clean, plentiful water...

Research and Science

"Seeding" the Next Crop of Scientists

August 12, 2014 Jan Suszkiw, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. 2014 marks the eighth year of “Pumping Up the Math and Science Pipeline: Grade School to College,” an innovative science...

Research and Science
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