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For many communities, the SNAP-Education program provides much more than basic nutrition guidance. In Kāneʻohe (in Honolulu), Hawaii, the SNAP-Ed funded Luluku Farms’ Aloha ʻĀina Agri-Cultural Restoration project uses the ʻĀina (land) to preserve traditional crops so the community can achieve self...

The U.S. has just released an updated Climate Adaptation Plan. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Efforts to curb food price inflation seem to be bearing fruit. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

A health and safety expert says anyone out in severe heat for any length of time should be aware of the serious signs of heat stress and heat stroke. (Gary Crawford and Ohio State University Agricultural Health and Safety Professor)

Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University Agricultural Health and Safety Professor, describing muscle cramps as a heat stress warning sign.

Dee Jepsen, Ohio State University Agricultural Health and Safety Professor, saying sometimes your skin will give you the first clue that you may be suffering from heat stress.

Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor talks about the first ever USDA-led Tribal oriented agricultural trade mission conducted this week in Vancouver, Canada.

How might USDA's latest Pasture and Rangeland Conditions report reflect impacts from an extreme heat wave in some parts of the U.S.? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

* - National Pollinator Week is June 17 - 23 - * USDA researchers are studying the factors behind the decline in rusty patched bumblebee populations, which hopes of finding methods to save this species (Rod Bain and Jonathan Koch of the Agricultural Research Service)

USDA research entomologist Jonathan Koch explains genomic research underway for pollinator species including one he specifically is studying.