Natural Resources Conservation Service

Tennessee

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA Advances Food System Transformation with $43 Million for Urban Agriculture

The USDA announces investments to support urban agriculture, including $43.1 million for grants and cooperative agreements to help deliver key USDA programs to urban producers.

USDA Seeks Proposals for Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership

The Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership enables NRCS and Forest Service to collaborate with partners such as agricultural producers and forest landowners to invest in conservation and restoration at a big enough scale to make a difference.Proposals due by Aug. 5, 2022.

New Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture to Meet March 23-24, 2022 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host the first public meeting of the inaugural Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production on March 23-24, 2022. The public - including urban producers - is encouraged to attend.

Tennessee NRCS Announces FY 2023 CSP Contract Renewal Opportunity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Tennessee is accepting FY 2023 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) renewal applications through Thursday, March 31, 2022, for contracts set to end on December 31, 2022.

USDA Invests in Infrastructure to Protect American Communities President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)is investing more than $166.5 million in infrastructure projects, including a Humphreys County Trace Creek Watershed Preliminary Investigation and Feasibility Report project in Tennessee.