A SOUTH CAROLINA FARMHER OFFERS SOLID ADVICE TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE.

On a recent trip filming in the Southeastern U.S., I travelled through Alabama and Georgia before ending up in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine celebrates National Biodiversity Week

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed T.D.  welcomes a week which places biodiversity firmly in the spotlight and recognises recent calls for urgency in protecting biodiversity.

Association wants policy for 30% mushroom content for hotels confectionary

FMITI advises members on unity

The President, National Mushroom Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NAM-GP-MAN) Chief Micheal Awunor has said that 30% local content inclusion of mushroom in all our confectioneries in the entire stores and hotels across the country would galvanize its productivity saying government provision of policy support in this regards would effectively drive the action plan of the produce just as the Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Mr. Edet Sunday Apan enjoined the executives to work harmoniously towards achieving success.

Ministry prays for technocrat as minister

The officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) may have been praying for a technocrat as minister based on the experiences from the immediate past one who they claimed did not do much professionally to assist the sector. FoodFarmNews reliably gathered.

Images speak at the ATASP-1 media engagement held in Abuja.

The National Project Coordinator  (NPC) Ibrahim Muhammad Arabi addressing pressmen during the media engagement

Images speak at the ATASP-1 media engagement held in Abuja. See more images below........

A Journey from City Dwellers to Regenerative Farmers: THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

My wife Molly specialized in farm-to-table cuisine and I was a documentary filmmaker, but we had a collective dream that our once-coveted identities as filmmaker and chef couldn’t satisfy… to become farmers.

Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch

New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa's southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first archaeological evidence that anatomically modern humans were roasting and eating plant starches, such as those from tubers and rhizomes, as early as 120,000 years ago.

NAQS to Food Dealers: User Fees Not Extortion

DG The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) Dr.Vincent Isegbe

The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has said that there is no scintilla of truth in the allegation that its officers extort money from foodstuff dealers at certain quarantine posts in the country.

Organic animal farms benefit birds nesting in agricultural environments

The abundance of bird species living in agricultural environments has decreased both in Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Attempts to rectify the situation have been made with the help of agri-environment-climate subsidies.

Women We Love: 25 Influential Women in Food and Agriculture

There are hundreds of women who inspire us at Food Tank. They are entrepreneurs, stewards of the land, business owners, researchers, farmers, and innovators who are the backbone of the world’s food systems.