| | | Farmer Welcomes Sesame Street To Promote Agriculture | | Casey Cox is always on the alert for a chance to champion agriculture and educate the public—particularly kids. So, she didn’t blink at a shot to work with Sesame Street to take farm-to-table messages directly from her farm rows to 150 million children across the planet: “There was no way I was going to miss out on telling millions of kids about where food truly comes from.” | | | |
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| New Planning Guide Will Help Advance Conservation Efforts If you’re interested in developing a conservation plan for your farm and aren’t sure how to start the process, the new Resource Stewardship Planning guide can help. Read More |
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| Animal Protein Sector Needs To Realign With 2020 Foodservice Survivors, CoBank Says While U.S. animal protein supplies have returned to normal and foodservice sales have improved since the onset of the pandemic, a new report from CoBank says foodservice sales may not return to pre-pandemic levels until the second half of 2022. Read More |
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| A Trusted Adviser Supports Farmers in Conserving Key Watersheds In Leslie Fisher’s five-plus years as a conservation adviser, she has successfully engaged with over 50 farmers and landowners, generating 26,000 acres of cover crops and preventing more than 34,000 lbs. of nitrogen from entering Indiana’s Big Pine Creek and downstream waterways. Read More |
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| PepsiCo, Beyond Meat Partner To Develop New Plant-Based Snacks PepsiCo, which apart from its namesake soda owns the Lays, Quaker and Gatorade brands, has also been looking to expand its portfolio of health-focused snacks and beverages. Read More |
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