Science Tuesday

Oregon State University Researchers Tackle Obesity in Rural America

February 22, 2011 Allison Eckhardt, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the U.S. Department of Agriculture blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the agency’s rich science and research portfolio. Rural America is often portrayed in Hollywood as an idyllic place where kids can run free...

Research and Science

Japanese Beetles: “Send Me No Flowers—At Least, Not Geraniums!”

February 15, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the U.S. Department of Agriculture blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the agency’s rich science and research portfolio. Japanese beetles are tough hombres in the bug world, ripping and chomping their way through...

Research and Science

How Much Do Fruits and Vegetables Cost?

February 08, 2011 Hayden Stewart, Economic Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. It’s an all-too-familiar truism: Americans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. Last week, USDA unveiled the 2010 Dietary...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science

USDA Assesses Freeze Damage of Florida Oranges

February 01, 2011 Jeff Geuder, Florida Field Office Director, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. This year’s weather has presented some challenges for Florida’s citrus growers. In December, sub-freezing temperatures hit...

Research and Science

Digging the “Real Dirt” at an Historic USDA Laboratory

January 18, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. 1935: It was the year when baseball legend Babe Ruth hung up his spikes, and New Deal programs like the Works Progress...

Research and Science

Hemlock Hybrids Could Reverse Decline in Landscapers’ Favorite

January 04, 2011 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. For nearly 60 years, a relentless Asian insect with a silly-sounding name--the hemlock woolly adelgid, or HWA--has chomped a...

Research and Science

Hitchhiking at Christmas

December 21, 2010 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Even in a tropical paradise like Hawaii, Christmas just isn’t Christmas to some folks without an evergreen tree decked out...

Research and Science

‘Tis the Season for Cut Christmas Trees

December 14, 2010 Michael Jacobsen, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. With the holiday season upon us, many people across the United States are out and about shopping for the perfect Christmas...

Research and Science

Children Explore Agricultural Science on Wheels

December 07, 2010 By Dianne Odland, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. Ahhh! Remember the days of taking classroom field trips? Bet you never had one like this—a virtual visit by a classroom...

Initiatives Research and Science

Access to Nutritious, Locally-Grown Food on the Rise

November 16, 2010 Virginia Harris, USDA/NASS Demographer

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA’s rich science and research portfolio

Research and Science

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