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Biochemist Turns Insect Hobby into Successful Research Business with USDA Funding

May 18, 2023 Matt Browning, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Dr. Aaron Dossey has taken what began as a Facebook hobby of photographing insects and turned it into a successful research business, thanks in part to funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA’s) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Research and Science

USDA Celebrates Renee McDonald, a Georgia Woman-Owned Agriculture Entrepreneur during National Small Business Month

May 18, 2023 staff of USDA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Renee McDonald, a first-generation sheep producer in Lee County Georgia, spends many nights monitoring newborn ewes. In the last lambing season at Sheepy Acres Farm, eight out of ten of her pregnant ewes gave birth to twins. The lambing season holds many memories, but it also presents challenges...

Equity Farming Initiatives

Calling All Outdoor Enthusiasts! Help Protect Your Favorite Forests and Parks from Invasive Species

June 06, 2019 Aaliyah Essex, Public Affairs Assistant, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Summer is nature’s way of telling us to get outside and have some fun! With warmer temperatures and sweet breezes sweeping across the nation, many of us will try to spend more time outside than inside during the coming weeks and months. Since I started working at USDA Animal and Plant Health...

Animals