Pork producers are asking the Agriculture Department to step up purchases of pork products to help those producers, but there is less money available for those purchases this year. ( Gary Crawford, Dr. Brian Buhr, Mark Greenwood, Don Butler and Secy' Tom Vilsack)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says when Congress reauthorizes child nutrition programs next year, he wants those programs to be made much better than they are now. ( Gary Crawford and Secy' Tom Vilsack)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying he wants to make it easier for parents to certify that their kids are eligible for free or reduced price school meals.
Former USDA Botanist Dr. Jim Duke has spent his life learning about herbs and store bought drugs and his Green Farmacy Garden is an extension of his research. (Susan Carter, botanist Dr. Jim Duke)
After a 32 year lucrative career examining plants for the Department of Agriculture, this scientist uses his pharmacy garden as a teaching ground for those studying herbal medicines. (Susan Carter, botanist Dr. Jim Duke)
Kathy Grannis, with the National Retail Federation, giving some possible reasons why pumpkin sales for Halloween are not expected to decline much this year, despite cutbacks in other Halloween purchases.
In some urban areas, local ordinances allow for certain animals like poultry and honeybees for those wishing to practice a sustainable lifestyle in the city . (Rod Bain and Leslie Allen of University of Nevada Extension)
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