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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.
Oyster Farmer Raises the Bar
Ag Business
Oyster Farmer Raises the Bar
Meet Perry Raso, owner of Matunuck Oyster Bar in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Perry’s interest in aquaculture began when he was young. Now an oyster and produce farmer, he serves over 600 meals at his farm-to-tabl...
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Digging Deep for Cover Crop Solutions
Conservation
Digging Deep for Cover Crop Solutions
Meet Cameron and Natalie Andelin, a farming couple who chanced growing their operation amidst a sprawling urban environment on the outskirts of Reno, Nevada. They met that challenge and exceeded it, turning their 10...
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Farming Sweet in the Midwest
Loans and Grants
Farming Sweet in the Midwest
Meet Jesse and Tracey Paul of Paul Family Sugarbush in Trout Creek, Michigan. The Pauls and their five children work together as a family to produce up to 4,000 gallons of pure maple syrup every spring from 300 acre...
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A Sailor and His Dragon Fruit
Conservation
A Sailor and His Dragon Fruit
Meet Leonardo Aguila, a farmer and U.S. Navy veteran who grows avocados, dragon fruit, and cherimoyas on his six-acre orchard in Fallbrook, California. Leonardo has worked with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation ...
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Farming Regeneratively to Leave a Legacy
Conservation
Farming Regeneratively to Leave a Legacy
This week we travel to Cooksville, Wisconsin, where Mark and Lucy Doudlah produce 20 different crops and raise free-range, grass-fed meat using one guiding principle – being regenerative.
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Reaching New Horizons
Loans and Grants
Reaching New Horizons
Meet Jeffrey, Louis, and Jacob Lipton of Pleasant View Farms in Somers, Connecticut. When a local grain mill went out of business, livestock producers approached the Liptons to purchase local feed. To meet community...
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Videos
Grow and Tell: Save Time and Money with No-Till
2min
Farmer Scientists: Five Trials in Managing for Soil Health
22min
Grow and Tell: Bring out the Crimp
2min
Grow and Tell: Peak Efficiency
1min