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Community garden plots are just half of the Huerta del Valle (HdV) 4-Acre organic Community Supported Garden and Farm in the middle of a low-income urban community, where Co-Founder and Executive Director Maria Alonso and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Redlands District Conservationist Tomas Aguilar-Campos work closely as she continues to improve the farm operation in Ontario, California, on Nov. 13, 2018. USDA NRCS has helped with hoop houses to extend

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Conservation Bytes 2020
Boxes of berries sit on stand at a market on May 8, 2007. Berries are difficult to grow, harvest, and handle with brief growing seasons and the berries are vulnerable to insects, disease, and even birds. In the 1950's, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) actually saved the strawberry industry in the Great Lakes region when the agency released the first varieties that could survive red stele, a root-rotting fungus. Fifteen years ago, blueberries were practically
MS Conservation Bytes August 2020 (847.05 KB)
Conservation Bytes 2021
sun rising behind tractor
Conservation Bytes August 2021 (1.74 MB)
Conservation Bytes May 2021 (1.58 MB)
Conservation Bytes June 2021 (1.44 MB)
Conservation Bytes 2023
A bee gathers nectar from a flower. Bees are one of nature’s many pollinators for flowers and crops and are crucial in production for fruits and vegetables. Some of the crops pollinated by bees are apples, squash, and almonds. Honeybees are responsible for pollinating approximately $15 billion worth of crops in the U. S. each year. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) are working on ways to mitigate the decline of
March Conservation Bytes 2023 (869.12 KB)