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Land of 10 Thousand Lakes and 20 Million Turkeys

January 15, 2015 Dan Lofthus, Minnesota State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. As we’re...

Conservation

South Carolina Features Supreme Chicken Sandwich in School Lunch

January 13, 2015 Samantha Benjamin-Kirk, FNS Southeast Regional Office Farm to School Program Lead

It’s not surprising that chicken, the most popular meat for kids, is being served in school cafeterias across the nation. However, in Columbia, S.C., locally sourced chicken has taken center stage on school meal trays in an effort to increase the state’s Farm to School programming. South Carolina’s...

Food and Nutrition

Broiler Industry Stretches Its Economic Wings in Delaware

January 08, 2015 Dale Hawks, Acting Delaware State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. The New Year...

Conservation

Día de Reyes: A Time for Friends, Feasts, and Food Safety

January 05, 2015 Luis Rivera, Food Safety Education Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

Nothing brings people together like the Holidays, or Navidades for us Spanish speakers. Día de Reyes (Three Kings Day) would not be complete without some excellent eats. Many Hispanic-Americans have a favorite dish during this special season – from lechón to pasteles to tamales to atole. Nothing...

Health and Safety

The Pham Family Farm, Immigrants Making a Good Life in Mississippi

December 08, 2014 Judi Craddock, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi

Just outside Hazlehurst, Mississippi, a community of 4,000 about 30 miles south of Jackson, lies a poultry farm owned by a Vietnamese farm family whose lives are an amazing story of survival and determination. Hung and Nancy Pham are refugees who fled the former South Vietnam as teenagers in a...

Conservation

Hmong Farmer Overcomes Adversity, Makes the Most of American Opportunities

November 04, 2014 Emily Murray, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Missouri

Kao Her is a self-taught poultry farmer. Everything he knows about poultry farming he learned over two weeks with the farm’s previous owner and nine years of on the job trial-and-error. “I’ve learned a lot by mistake,” said Her, a member of the Hmong community. “My cousin always told me to do my...

Conservation

Arkansas Farmers Combine Tradition with Stewardship

October 23, 2014 Becky Cross, Delta Region Director, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Farming has a...

Conservation

Celebrating Old North State Agriculture

October 16, 2014 Dee Webb, North Carolina State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Today is a...

Conservation

Agriculture on the Rise in New Hampshire

September 25, 2014 Gary Keough, New England Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Agriculture is...

Conservation

Painting Utah Agriculture by the Numbers

September 04, 2014 John Hilton, Utah State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Utah...

Conservation
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