Category Archives: Regional Posts

Nicole Reis of Gridley, Calif., is an FSA Youth Loan borrower who made good use of her money. Nicole’s heifer won the Reserve Champion Female of the Junior All Other Breeds Show during this year’s California State Fair competition. Nicole, along … Continue reading →

Cheryl DeHann keeps KING5 well-fed and happy during the morning show. Photos by Kathy Modin, program tech, FSA Washington State A two-week old calf tugged at the heartstrings of “New Day Northwest” viewers, showcasing the local face of Washington’s dairy … Continue reading →

At age 26, Ray Robroker is a veteran in his industry. At age 16 — with some encouragement from his father — Robroker turned to the Farm Service Agency’s Youth Loan Program to help him obtain his first herd of … Continue reading →

Nearly 40 pounds of produce from the People’s Garden at the Maine Farm Service Agency state office have been donated to a food pantry in Bangor, Maine. This is the third donation the state office has made to the Manna … Continue reading →

  Pictured l to r: Jay Gould, Adams County FSA; Joyce Bolinger, Kosciusko County FSA; Jennifer Walker, Allen County FSA; Stacey Thrush, DeKalb County FSA; Katrina Wangler, Jay County FSA; Anya Pinkerton, Randolph County FSA; Scott Mynsberge, Jay County NRCS; … Continue reading →

  To the untrained eye, a trip through Jim Duke’s Herbal Village in Fulton, Md., looks like a homestead for weeds and other unwanted vegetation. But for a group of master gardeners from the People’s Garden initiative, it was a … Continue reading →

 FSA and NRCS employees harvested and donated 1.5 tons of watermelons. Pictured l to r: Roger Hobson, NRCS; Sharon Rust, FSA; Walker Jones, FSA; Ken Upshaw, FSA; Robert Taylor, FSA. More than 1.5 tons of watermelons have been harvested and … Continue reading →

 More than 100 farmers and commodity groups gathered to have a part in helping to shape the 2012 Farm Bill. North Dakota Congressman Earl Pomeroy and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson heard testimony from area producers and commodity groups … Continue reading →

USDA is partnering with landowners in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland to help protect the Chesapeake Bay by keeping farmland from being developed and reducing runoff. “Every track of farmland that is developed in the bay watershed results in lost environmental … Continue reading →

Community members and USDA officials gathered at the Robertson County Care Inc. food bank in Franklin, TX, last week to dedicate the Franklin People’s Garden to the people of Robertson County.   “The People’s Garden in Franklin is a living example … Continue reading →