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#FridaysOnTheFarm

From the kitchen table to the boardroom table, USDA brings people together across the nation for:  healthier food, natural resources and people;  a stronger agriculture industry; and economic growth, jobs and innovation.

Each Friday, meet those farmers, producers and landowners through our #FridaysOnTheFarm stories.  Visit local farms, ranches, forests and resource areas where USDA customers and partners do right and feed everyone.

Fridays on the Farm: Creating Opportunities for Farm and Sea
Leila Naylor, FSA, Rhode Island •
Aug 04, 2021

Catherine Puckett, a lifelong mariner and seasoned shellfish farmer of Block Island, Rhode Island. Photo courtesy of Block Island Shellfish Farm.
Loans and Grants

Fridays on the Farm: Creating Opportunities for Farm and Sea

This Friday meet Catherine Puckett, a lifelong mariner and seasoned shellfish farmer of Block Island, Rhode Island. She began her journey working for Block Island Shellfish Farm before purchasing the operation 13 ye...
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Fridays on the Farm: Building Drought Resilience to Continue the Ranch
Donnie Lunsford, NRCS, Texas •
Jul 23, 2021

The Hightower family was named the 2019 Conservation Ranchers of the Year by the Andrews County Soil and Water Conservation District Board for their land improvement efforts.
Disaster Planning and Assistance

Fridays on the Farm: Building Drought Resilience to Continue the Ranch

This Friday meet the Hightowers, a West Texas farming and ranching family that raises cattle and cotton. Shelly, and her late husband Rickey, were determined to carry on the family’s ranching legacy for their childr...
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Fridays on the Farm: Growing Food to Give It Away
Amelia Dortch, NRCS, Georgia •
Jul 09, 2021

Bobby Wilson stands with arms open in aisle of his farm
Farm Life

Fridays on the Farm: Growing Food to Give It Away

This Friday meet Bobby Wilson, owner and operator of Metro-Atlanta Urban Farm in Atlanta, Georgia. He established the farm in 2009 to address the growing need for affordable food in low-income communities. Provid...
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Fridays on the Farm: Growing Gardens to Support the Community
Brandon O'Connor, NRCS, Indiana •
Jun 25, 2021

Sara Stewart has made it her mission to increase the availability of healthy foods to those in need in South Bend, Indiana. Photo by Brandon O'Connor, NRCS.
Conservation

Fridays on the Farm: Growing Gardens to Support the Community

This Friday meet Sara Stewart of Unity Gardens, a network of community gardens that increases the availability, awareness, and accessibility of healthy, locally grown food in South Bend, Indiana. It started with a s...
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Fridays on the Farm: Dairying with Determination
Lynnette Wright, FSA, New York •
Jun 11, 2021

The farm has been in Tim’s family since the 1830s. He took over the dairy from his parents in 2015. Photo by Lynnette Wright, FSA.
Ag Business

Fridays on the Farm: Dairying with Determination

This Friday meet Tim Yancey, a beginning farmer in Croghan, New York, who took over his family’s 50-cow dairy farm in 2015. Since then, the challenges of the dairy industry haven’t dampened Tim’s spirt to continue w...
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Fridays on the Farm: Creating a Wildlife Oasis
Tivoli Gough, NRCS, Wisconsin •
May 28, 2021

Wildlife food plots, like the thriving one shown here, are a common practice on easements.
Conservation

Fridays on the Farm: Creating a Wildlife Oasis

This Friday meet TJ Rogers of Green Lake County, Wisconsin. Growing up in a family of foresters, TJ spent a lot of time in the woods, building and growing his conservation land ethic from the ground up. As an adult,...
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