"We hear it time and time again - "Eat your veggies!" From the grocery aisle to the farmers market, vegetables are plentiful."
"US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sought Wednesday to raise the profile of agricultural research at universities like Penn State as Congress begins the arduous task of renewing the farm bill. Penn State leads more than 65 federal research grants ..."
"These guys have been busy silently creating the future of agriculture . I know that may sound like a big statement, but their work really got me thinking about what it will take to sustain our farms, our families, and our environment, and I think these ..."
"Kindergartner Andrew Gieseke, 6, from Whittier Christian, pulls a bubble over his head in the Bubble Corral on Wednesday during the Agriculture and Nutrition Fair at Fairplex in Pomona. (Will Lester/Staff Photographer) POMONA - Children in all grade ..."
"STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 16, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Pennsylvania State University to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the land-grant university system to highlight the groundbreaking research, education, and innovation taking place at these storied institutions."
"The tractor safety demonstration was one of eight presentations Piatt County fourth-graders experienced as part of a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day at 4-H Memorial Camp in Monticello. About 190 students from Bement, Washington in Monticello and ..."
"Pennsylvania Fairs Guides now available, says Pickett Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) is encouraging residents to obtain a free copy of the 2012 Pennsylvania Fair Guide, which is now available at her district offices in Sayre and Towa"
"US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will visit Penn State on Wednesday, May 16, to deliver an address commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US Department of Agriculture and highlighting the groundbreaking research and innovation that takes place ..."
"By Ari LeVaux On April 23, the science journal Nature published a paper titled "Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture ," by Verena Seufert et al. The mainstream press waded into the paper's implications but had a hard time ..."
"By Syndicated columns By Robert J. Samuelson MARION, Iowa -- Sitting in the cab of a $350000 John Deere tractor pulling a $150000 Deere corn planter, Greg Carson embodies modern American agriculture . It's capital-intensive, high-tech, efficient -- and ..."
"California Women for Agriculture board member Ellen Way and panelists Greg Braun, president of Border Valley Trading; Tom Freeman, commissioner of the Riverside County Economic Development Agency Office of Foreign Trade; Susan Day, vice president for ..."
"Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd P. Haymore, left, was on hand to help with the unveiling along with Chatham owners Jon and Mills Wehner. / GLORIA BRADLEY/THE DAILY TIMES MACHIPONGO -- Highway signage installed at both ends of the ..."
"US undersecretary of agriculture Kevin Concannon chats with a vendor at a North Carolina farmers market. The federal government is spending $4 million to make food markets more accessible to food stamp recipients. The federal government is spending $4 ..."
"Affordable, family friendly travel destinations are featured in the 2012 Pennsylvania Fair Guide, now available in print or online."
"BRISTOL - Certified organic vegetables, fruits, flowers, medicinal herbs and more fresh from Lancaster County will be available beginning this spring at the Silver Lake Nature Center in Bristol."
""The students are going through about 19 different stations, where they are learning about different topics related to agriculture . Stations included learning about goats, learning about economics, horses and many others," said Leanne Fuhrmann, ..."
"HARRISBURG, Pa., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be pooling its varied expertise Wednesday in a workshop targeting the emerald ash borer at Greenwood Furnace State Park in Huntingdon County, where the invasive insect is endangering more than 100 ash trees."
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