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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.
Farming is Poetry for Retired Marine
Conservation
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 plantin...
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Growing a Farm with Great Taste
Conservation
Growing a Farm with Great Taste
This week meet Caleb and Janet Phillips, of Show-Me Kansas Farms in Cherryvale, Kansas. This family’s farm is part of a larger multi-generational family operation, but for their part, they raise 275 cow/calf pairs a...
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The Sunderland Seven
Conservation
The Sunderland Seven
Meet Bob, Nancy, Brittany, Abigail, Vanessa, Laila, and Beau. Farmers Bob and Nancy, and their five kids, make up the Sunderland family. This dairy operation in Bridport, Vermont, has a commitment to the values of c...
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Passion for Plants Paves the Way
Conservation
Passion for Plants Paves the Way
Meet Liz Graznak, owner and operator of Happy Hollow Farm in rural Moniteau County, Missouri. Her priorities are to run an organic, sustainable, and community-supported farm. This is just a way of life for Liz, and ...
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Life is a Peach
Conservation
Life is a Peach
Meet Russ Studebaker, owner of Studebaker Farms in Fredericksburg, Texas. Russ' peaches have grown even sweeter with the help of conservation practices he has implemented in his orchard.
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Cullipher’s Travels Established Dual Legacies
Conservation
Cullipher’s Travels Established Dual Legacies
This Friday meet Louis Cullipher and his son Michael, owners of Cullipher Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Not only does Louis farm specialty crops, but he also – for most of his life – balanced farming with a full...
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Videos
Farmer Scientists: Five Trials in Managing for Soil Health
22min
Grow and Tell: Save Time and Money with No-Till
2min
Grow and Tell: Bring out the Crimp
2min
Grow and Tell: Peak Efficiency
1min