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What is a Conflict of Interest?
One of the primary concerns for all federal employees is the prevention of conflicts of interest, in order to increase the public’s trust in government. That’s also one of the most basic functions of the Office of Ethics. In this video...
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Hugh Hammond Bennett - The Story of America’s Private Lands Conservation Movement
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) presents a documentary on soil conservation pioneer Hugh Hammond Bennett, the history of our agency and the birth of the private lands conservation movement in the U.S.
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USDA Helps American Indian Tribe Restore Land
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping an American Indian tribe in West Texas restore the value of its traditional lands.
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USDA Researchers Help Honeybees Keep Pollinating Our Food Crops
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are studying ways to keep honeybees stress-free and healthy. These pollinators are important to American agriculture and our nation’s food crops. USDA’s Patrick O’Leary reports from...
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USDA Working With Farmers To Improve Ecosystem Health Of Gulf Coast
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has launched a water and wildlife conservation effort along the Gulf Coast of the United States. In the first of a five part series on five different states, the USDA's Bob Ellison has more...
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Efforts To Improve A Great Lake's Water Quality
To help protect or improve the quality of water resources throughout the U.S. is just one of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s missions. One of our Nation’s Great Lakes has been in trouble for years, and USDA efforts to expand...
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Women are the Past, Present and Future of American Agriculture
A photo montage message from USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden in honor of The White House Rural Council Dialogue on Women Leaders in Agriculture, Washington DC, October 20, 2014
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Stopping Plant Pests and Diseases
The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants the public’s help to prevent the spread of plant pests and diseases.
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Prince & Son's Farms
Prince & Son’s Farm, located near Statesboro, Georgia grows a variety of traditional crops, ranging from cotton, peanuts, soybeans, to wheat. Mr. Edgar Morris Prince Jr., owner and operator, is a 3rd generation farmer who had the dream...
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USDA Working With Louisiana Farmers To Reduce Run-Off Into Gulf Of Mexico
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has launched a water and wildlife conservation effort along the Gulf Coast of the United States. In the second of a five part series on five different states, the USDA's Bob Ellison has more...
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Getting More Food From Local Farms To Schools
Getting more locally grown food to schools is the goal of USDA's Farm to School program.
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Ethics Illustrated: How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest
All federal employees must avoid conflicts of interest in order to maintain the public’s trust in government. This video provides practical advice that employees can use right away to identify and avoid conflicts of interest, properly...
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USDA-ARS Scientists Study Carbon Sequestration
Two scientists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Lincoln, Nebraska join us via Zoom to update progress on carbon sequestration research.
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The Outside Gifts Prohibition
Can you accept a gift from someone or not? The outside gifts prohibition exists to help ensure that federal employees conduct themselves with fairness and impartiality toward all people seeking to do business with the government. In this...
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Cleaner Water and Nutrient Credits
A Virginia farmer is converting pasture land to trees, to create a nutrient credit bank to offset the impacts of construction in the state.
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Look For and Report Spotted Lanternfly
The spotted lanternfly is an invasive pest found in several counties in the Northeast United States, and is threatening American agriculture and natural resources. It damages more than 70 types of plants, including grape vines, fruit...
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Climate Change And Soybean Research
USDA researchers are studying which soybean varieties react the best to a changing climate.
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USDA Addresses Threat To Citrus Industry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to control a disease threatening the nation's citrus industry.
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Linda Mallers FARM LOGIX Local Foods Impact Conference 2017
Farm Logix is a “farm to commercial kitchen technology platform” that serves to connect farmers to institutional kitchens. Linda Mallers, CEO and President of Farm Logix, discusses how her business came to service the Chicago Public...
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Energy Efficient Fishing Company
A Bozeman, Montana company is benefitting from U.S. Department of Agriculture investments in efficient energy.
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Hatch Act & Social Media
This video provides guidance on the Hatch Act and social media. We describe what actions are permitted and prohibited for ‘less restricted’ employees.
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NRCS: Sacred River
NRCS in Washington State works with Tribes and other salmon recovery partners to restore salmon habitat in the South Fork Nooksack River (Whatcom County, WA). NRCS has contributed almost $1M in funding through the Environmental Quality...
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Converting Beetle-Killed Trees Into Renewable Energy
USDA is helping to fund an effort to turn trees killed by beetles into biofuel.