For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants for solar, wind, energy-efficiency ...

Farmers who were left in limbo after the U.S. Department of Agriculture froze renewable energy grants are finally starting to get paid. At the same time, however, farmers have been hit with the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the investment of up to $18 million in farm-to-school projects that plan to connect farmers to USDA’s child nutrition programs through local ...

Workers install solar panels at Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, Pa., in 2010. The project was funded in part through the Rural Energy for America Program. (USDA photo by Julie Holland) ...

The USDA's Fertilizer Investment and Expansion for Long Term Domestic Supply, or FIELDS, program will prioritize domestic ...

From left: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at USDA. (Agri‑Pulse photo) USDA unveiled a new $500 million grant program ...

Jim Lively wants to install rooftop solar panels on his family’s local food market, just minutes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. Those panels could help power the ...

Since starting a composting hub at her community garden, Lissie Stewart says she has collected 25,000 pounds of food waste, diverting it from the landfill. “As a family, we just know Sundays are ...

Texas Tech University’s School of Veterinary Medicine is working to tackle the nationwide shortage of food animal veterinarians with the creation of the school’s first food animal residency program ...