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Trump Cuts Threaten Federal Bee Research

Civil Eats 7/1 10:00P Sarah Trent
Public support for pollinators is nearly ubiquitous. Surveys show that 95 percent of Americans want to protect the bees, butterflies, and other creatures that are essential to ecosystem health and...

Comment: NSAC Laments Senate’s Passage of Budget Reconciliation

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 7/1 6:06A Michael Lavender
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Lavender National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition mlavender@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 734.417.8710 Comment: NSAC Laments Senate’s Passage of Budget Reconciliation Washington, DC, July 1, 2025 –– The...

Comment: NSAC Urges Senate to Support Grassley “Actively Engaged” Amendment

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/30 4:17A Billy Hackett
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Lavender National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition mlavender@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 734.417.8710 Comment: NSAC Urges Senate to Support Grassley “Actively Engaged” Amendment Washington, DC, June 30,...

Can This Baltimore Academy Continue to Train Urban Farmers?

Civil Eats 6/29 10:00P Sam Delgado
A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter.  Become a member today  and get the next issue directly in your inbox. In southern Baltimore, not far from...

Release: Seventh Class of Cynthia Hayes Scholarship Recipients Honor Her Legacy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/26 6:23A Tyler Edwards
Washington, DC, June 26, 2025 – The Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network (SAAFON) and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) announced that three students have been awarded the Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship....

Support for Farmer-Led Research Hinges on SARE Funding

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/13 5:32A Nick Rossi
Cover crop, diakon radishes. Photo credit: Edwin Remsberg Recently, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 100 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a...

Honey Bees Learn to Fight Deadly Varroa Mites

Civil Eats 6/10 10:00P Jordan Charbonneau
In April, clutching the steering wheel of my old truck, I rattled down narrow dirt roads in southern West Virginia with my mother. We were on a mission to secure a nucleus colony, or “nuc,” of locally...

Examining the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 6/4 8:40A Laura Zaks
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives approved its budget reconciliation legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ( OBBB , HR 1), by a vote of 215-214-1. Just a week earlier, on May 15, the...

Helping Ramps Flourish Through Forest Farming

Civil Eats 5/27 10:00P Ben Seal
Near the banks of the Delaware River in northeast Pennsylvania, Steven Schwartz, his silver hair tied back beneath his hat, is searching for a seed. It’s ramp season, and finding one of the tiny black...
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