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Mobile Planter
For a school with limited green space that's looking for a flexible way to grow food or other plants, building a garden on wheels is a practical solution. In this video, Leslie Burks, Project Manager and Bob Snieckus, National Landscape...
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Temperatures
Deicy nos explica algunos trucos del quehacer, que te pueden ayudar a obtener productos agrícolas seguros y de calidad.
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Etileno
Deicy nos explica algunos trucos del quehacer, que te pueden ayudar a obtener productos agrícolas seguros y de calidad.
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Protecting Prairie Potholes For Wildlife
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is helping landowners restore wetlands and grasslands.
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Endorsements
This video provides guidance on endorsements and letters of recommendation. These rules can be found in the Standards of Conduct, in 5 CFR 2635.702. The first section prohibits the inducement or coercion of benefits for you or anyone...
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MyPlate, MyWins: Meet Rocio
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion introduces the “MyPlate, MyWins” video series, a collection of videos that brings MyPlate to life and shows how families all over America are finding simple...
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USDA-ARS Entomologists “Turn Up The Bass” On Vineyard Pests
Scientists with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in central California are using sound to control insects that spread disease in grape vineyards. USDA’s Patrick O’Leary has more.
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A NRCS Salmon Recovery Success Story: Quileute Tribe
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) assisted the Quileute Tribe with a project to restore salmon access to coastal wetlands in Washington State. Additional technical assistance was provided by the Washington Department of...
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USDA NRCS Helps Restore Maryland Oyster Bed
Waterman Bobby Leonard is partnering with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to help restore his oyster beds and improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Saving The Lesser Prairie Chicken
USDA is working with landowners in five states to protect an increasingly rare bird and its habitat.
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Soil Testing to Manage Nitrates on Delaware farms
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Delaware and its partners are helping farmers take care of their soil and the environment. Jacob Urian of the Kent Conservation District demonstrates how to conduct a Pre-Side Dressing...
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Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award winner
The DiFebo family farm in Bangor, Pennsylvania has won the prestigious Aldo Leopold Conservation Award, presented by the Sand County Foundation. The DiFebos have partnered with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to protect...
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Climate Change and Peanuts
USDA researchers are studying how climate change could affect peanuts and how they are grown.
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Florida Everglades Restoration
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with landowners and local officials to help restore the environmentally sensitive everglades.
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Soil Health Farmers in Harford County, Maryland
Holloway Brothers farms in Darlington, Maryland works with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to improve soil health and put conservation on their land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Saving Water In Dry Areas
A USDA project is trying out new ways to save water in places where farmers need it the most.
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Environmental Credit Trading at Wildwood Farm, Virginia
This story takes you to Appomattox, Virginia where a farmer is using an innovative approach to keeping runoff out of the Chesapeake Bay.
By planting trees on retired cropland, the farmer is helping to filter pollutants from streams in...
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Urban Agriculture in New York City
USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden visits the Union Square Farmers Market in downtown NYC sampling products and chatting with farmers and producers about the challenges and rewards of urban agriculture.
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USDA Researches Year Round Strawberries
A USDA research geneticist is working on a way to grow strawberries year round on the east coast. Dr. Kim Lewers is testing some strawberry cultivars in a new production system designed to extend the growing season in the northern and...
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MyPlate, MyWins: Meet Bryan & Keah
The USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion continues their “MyPlate, MyWins” video series with Bryan, Keah and their six-year-old daughter. From eating at their favorite restaurant to preparing a meal at home, follow this...
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Helping Farmers Prevent Runoff And Erosion
An innovative USDA initiative along the Gulf of Mexico is helping farmers in Mississippi's coastal counties prevent sediment and nutrients from washing into nearby waterways that drain into the Gulf.
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Hopi-Kaibab National Forest Springs Restoration Project
This video documents ongoing partnership between the Kaibab National Forest and the Hopi Tribe to conduct restoration treatments on natural springs while outreaching and training Hopi youth. Through this partnership, Hopi tribal elders...
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Healthier Soils To Get Through Drought
When it comes to drought relief. most eyes look to the sky. But now some USDA experts are suggesting that at least part of the drought solution is not above us, but below us in the soil.
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Milk Production Research at USDA
USDA's Agricultural Research Service is doing innovative research to help farmers get more production from livestock for less cost.