Improving Mule Deer Habitat, One Juniper at a Time

Location: Grant County

Grounded in Principle, Oregon ranchers maximize soil health on grazing lands

Location: Grant, Baker and Ontario counties

Partnering for Easement Success to Benefit Sage Grouse

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Montana and its conservation partners deliver conservation easements that give peace of mind and a financial boost to ranchers.

Fulfilling a farming dream

With its herd of Belted Galloway cattle often seen grazing in the shadow of the Newport Bridge, Windmist Farm is perhaps the most visible of Jamestown, Rhode Island farms. The town sits on Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, a stepping stone for tourists on their way to nearby Newport.

Conserving the sweetgrass tradition

To the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of southeastern Massachusetts, sweetgrass is more than an ordinary-looking grass with a nice aroma. It’s an important ceremonial and medicinal plant. In recent years, however, the tribe has been losing local access to this native Cape Cod plant.

Homestead Organics Farm Reaching Their Goals with NRCS Assistance

Homestead Organics Farm has been using USDA NRCS assistance, both technical and financial, to reach their goals of protecting and improving their natural resources and providing healthy, local food to their community.

Soil Health Important for Grazing Operations, Too

Row crop farmers are beginning to focus more and more on improving soil health on their lands for long-term sustainability, but according to USDA soil health and grassland specialists, livestock producers can also implement soil health practices to improve their pastures.

Farmers’ Co-Operative Ditch Company RCCP Project has Successful Inaugural Year

In the Farmer’s Co-Operative Ditch Company (FCDC) project, a group of partners tackled the excessive amount of sediment and nutrients in the irrigation water delivered by the Co-Op. 

Raths Family and Partners Conserve Sagebrush Prairie, Working Ranch

Jeff and Bea Raths have worked with multiple partners on a conservation easement that protects their working ranch from development and helps to manage their grazinglands in a way that benefits that land, livestock, and wildlife.

Healing Patients on the Farm: Dr. Ron Weiss

Most people don’t look forward to spending time at their doctor’s office, but Dr. Ron Weiss’s office isn’t typical of most health care facilities. His practice, Ethos Health, is in the center of an organic fruit and vegetable farm in Long Valley, New Jersey.