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USDA celebrates National FFA Week

February 19, 2025 Lindsey Abentroth, Youth Coordinator, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

National FFA Week is a great time to highlight the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) active partnership with the organization.

Farming Rural

Diversifying the Policy Space: Tribal Policy Intern Celeste Lucero

July 23, 2024 Sally Gifford, Communications Coordinator, USDA Office of Communications

“It’s been great to have a team that’s not afraid to let me share my opinion, share my identity. I feel like in this space, I’ve been proud of who I am.”

Equity Initiatives Rural

From Sky to Soil: Young Agricultural Leaders Nourish FAS Satellite Data with Grassroots Truth

August 09, 2023 Zane Evans, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

Accurate crop mapping is a crucial process to informing reliable crop production estimates, addressing climate change, and developing strategies for sustainable agriculture.

Climate Farming Technology Trade

As Big as Texas: Youth Opportunities in Agriculture

May 14, 2021 Sally Gifford, Communications Coordinator

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you say agriculture? If it’s a farm, then you’re right, but there’s so much more to agriculture these days. This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) co-hosted a virtual Youth Summit with Prairie View A&M University to let Texas K-12 students...

Initiatives

Five Diamonds for Smokey Bear’s 75th Birthday with More Fun to Come

August 15, 2019 Robert Hudson Westover, USDA Forest Service Office of Communication

If birthday parties were rated, the events surrounding Smokey Bear’s big day would easily earn five stars or diamonds since it is his 75 th. From California to Maine, states held celebrations in recognition of the USDA Forest Service’s fire prevention message “bearer” and his famous line, “Only You...

Forestry

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