U.S. Department of Agriculture

Policy pits candy against sugar

2013-05-21 16:14:00

Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...

The seed from which an urban garden grew

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Elisa Lane is not much bigger than the pigtails she wears when she gardens at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill. But she has a big impact. She sells the fresh vegetables from the empty corner lot that she just kind of took over at below-...

Federal agencies expand urban rivers effort

2013-05-10 12:15:00

Federal officials announced Friday a major expansion of the “urban waters” initiative they kicked off in Baltimore nearly two years ago, adding 11 new blighted water ways around the country to the seven they’ve already pledged to help...

Disasters, heat caused $48M in damage, 5 deaths in Md. in 2012

2013-05-03 08:37:00

Weather disasters including tornadoes, the derecho storm and Hurricane Sandy caused at least $48 million in property and crop damages in Maryland last year, the costliest since 2003, according to data released Thursday. Five people also died from...

Howard County datebook Datebook

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Thursday, May 9 School news The Board of Education holds a regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. in the board room at 10910 Clarksville Pike in Ellicott City. Both the afternoon session and an evening session, which convenes at 7:30 p.m., begins with a...

City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer

2013-05-01 14:11:10

Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...

Federal poultry regulations relaxed in spending law

2013-04-12 17:06:00

Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-...

Parents of children at 14 Harford schools warned of pizza product recall

2013-04-09 13:35:09

Parents of children who attend 14 Harford County public schools were warned by school officials Thursday night that their children may have eaten a pizza product that is subject to a voluntary recall because of possible E. coli bacteria contamination....

Howard County should keep soft drinks out of its schools [Letter]

2013-04-08 19:21:00

As a Foreign Service family who lived for six years in Central America, where no soda was allowed on our children's school campus, we were very surprised to discover that the highly rated Howard County schools still sell soda in vending machines. Soft...

Local farmer supports Harford through America's Farmers Grow Communities

2013-04-08 09:13:17

Local farmer Rick Holloway and America's Farmers Grow Communities is supporting the Community Foundation of Harford County Inc. to help better serve the area. Sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, which is the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, Grow...

Study says Howard's health and wellness policy needs work

2013-04-02 08:30:00

The revisions to the health and wellness policy for Howard County schools are good, but they could be better if the system wants to be word-class in all aspects, according to a study released last month by a local nonprofit dedicated to health in Howard...

Mikulski says she doesn't support 'Monsanto rider' in funding bill

2013-03-28 10:57:00

Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops. The language, tucked into...

Why: Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops.

2013-03-27 00:00:00

A historical botanical drawing of yellow nutsedge, Cyperus esculentus, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database; Britton, N.L., and A.

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Kelley was born in Ellington, Conn. She was raised in Simsbury, Conn., and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in agricultural economics, as stated by the Hartford Courant. During Kelley's 33-year career with the U.S.

2013-02-26 00:00:00