U.S. Department of Agriculture

A program that provided millions of dollars worth of donated foods to Michigan food banks has been cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We talked to the head of one West Michigan food bank about what this means for their operations.

First, the impact of the U.S. Department of Agriculture halting food deliveries to Michigan food banks. Then, the potentially negative impact of media messaging around loneliness. Plus, how COVID-19 changed grief and loss of family.

Some sustainable agriculture programs in Michigan say their federal funding has been paused.

Farms and other rural businesses in Michigan are slated to receive more than $22 million for clean energy projects under the USDA's Rural Energy for American Program.

The USDA provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which uses some of that money to kill beavers. The DNR believes beavers are destructive to trout streams.

Climate Smart Farming is an approach that helps guide actions to transform agri-food systems towards green and climate resilient practices.

About 600 Michigan farms will be getting a survey to fill out in the coming months. The survey comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Survey…

DNR protects Michigan forestsThe state Department of Natural Resources says about 750 acres in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula will be protected,…

A recent survey released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the state of Michigan has slipped from seventh to ninth place in national…

You probably know 2012 was just horrible for Michigan’s fruit growers. But new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows it was officially the…