Natural Resources Conservation Service

United States Department of Agriculture

NRCS Funds Conservation Innovation Across the Country

$12.5 million in grants will support the development of innovative systems and technologies for private lands conservation.

Farming for the Future

The Prevo brothers, a fifth-generation farm family in Iowa, are investing in soil health and seeing record yields because of it. USDA, Esri, and Living Atlas have collaborated to highlight cutting edge data, geospatial information, and technology through the story of these brothers.

#FridaysOnTheFarm: Advance Payment Helps Extend the Season

This Friday meet Alisha Utter and Kyle Bowley, of Arbor Farmstead in Grand Isle, Vermont. The seven-acre farm grows diversified perennial fruit alongside restorative woodland.

A High Tunnel for the Garden of Happiness

This Friday meet Karen Washington, an urban farmer in New York City who founded the Garden of Happiness and a community farmers market, La Familia Verde Community Garden Coalition.

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#FridaysOnTheFarm: Farming is Poetry for Retired Marine

This week, meet Fredie Manes, retired Marine and self-proclaimed “market gardener.” Life after the military led Fredie and his wife, Patti, back to Louisiana and into gardening and enjoying the “poetry” of planting.