Joe Sabol Farm

20/03/2025

This past week, the EPA said it is reconsidering the scientific finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health. This comes as research shows average global temperatures in 2024 likely rose above a 1.5 degree Celsius threshold that for years...

08/05/2024

2024 crop

12/12/2023

Slow Food USA and Seed Savers Exchange partnership unveiled on World Soil Day Dec 5, 2023 | Biodiversity, Food and Farming, Gardens, Plant A Seed By Robin Mosley, Communications and Development Coordinator Slow Food USA’s 2024 Plant a Seed campaign will explore eight different roots and grains, an...

12/12/2023

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12/12/2023

"The study is a proof-of-concept that shows a more balanced view of healthy eating patterns, where using ultra-processed foods can be an option," said ARS Research Nutritionist Julie Hess at the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center. "According to current dietary recommendations, the nutrient content of a food and its place in a food group are more important than the extent to which a food was processed."

Scientists Build a Healthy Dietary Pattern Using Ultra-Processed Foods USDA Agricultural Research Service sent this bulletin at 07/11/2023 11:44 AM EDT View as a webpage ARS News Service Scientists Build a Healthy Dietary Pattern Using Ultra-Processed Foods For media inquiries contact: Maribel Alons...

17/11/2023

USDA Unveils Updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), updating this valuable tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 2012. USDA’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The new map—jointly developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State University's (OSU) PRISM Climate Group—is more accurate and contains greater detail than prior versions.

USDA Unveils Updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map USDA Agricultural Research Service sent this bulletin at 11/15/2023 01:20 PM EST View as a webpage ARS News Service The 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map is now available as a premier source of information that gardeners, growers and researchers alike can us...

16/10/2023

Annual cheatgrass is evil,

Study Finds Wildfire Isn't Primary Factor in Invasive Annual Grass Expansion in Great Basin USDA Agricultural Research Service sent this bulletin at 10/16/2023 10:15 AM EDT View as a webpage ARS News Service Fire moving through a sagebrush plant community in Southeast Oregon. (Photo by Chad Boyd) St...

08/10/2023

Friendly reminder

08/10/2023

T.S. Eliot asks in the opening stanzas of his Choruses from the Rock, “where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” The passage has been called a pointed question for our time, in which we seem to have lost the ability to learn, to make meaningful connections and contextualize events.

08/10/2023

Great art

T.S. Eliot asks in the opening stanzas of his Choruses from the Rock, “where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” The passage has been called a pointed question for our time, in which we seem to have lost the ability to learn, to make meaningful connections and contextualize events.

21/05/2023

Pumpkin farmer pro tip: when you plant pumpkins or squash, sprinkle hot pepper atop the hill, anti-squirrel technology, detering digging up seeds. After sprouting, rabbits are it, then deer, but I like to use hot pepper all season, it's inexpensive, cannot hurt, might help.