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The Harte Research Institute is offering a free online program on oyster farming through a $5.1 million TCEQ grant.
Provides funding to farmers/ranchers who wish to study sustainable solutions to current problems in the agriculture industry through on-farm research, demonstration, and education projects [8] •Grants are offered to: individuals (maximum award of $7,500), a team of two (maximum award of $15,000), or a group (maximum award of $22,500) [8]
This validation of an agroecological approach to farming led to the formation of the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program in 1990. Federal, state, and local governments, and land-grant universities and other organizations nationally are pursuing sustainable and organic agriculture research and education programs.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research is the agricultural and life sciences research agency of the U.S. state of Texas and a part of the Texas A&M University System. Formerly named Texas Agricultural Research Service, the agency's name was changed January 1, 2008, as part of a rebranding of Texas A&M AgriLife (formerly Texas A&M Agriculture). The A&M was ...
The White House recently announced that the U.S. Forest Service awarded $1 billion in grants nationwide, including two for cities in Central Texas.
The Texas Technological College Dairy Barn was used as an agricultural teaching facility until 1967.. Agricultural education is the systematic and organized teaching, instruction and training (theoretical as well as hands-on, real-world fieldwork-based) available to students, farmers or individuals interested in the science, business and technology of agriculture (animal and plant production ...
Organic farming is practiced around the globe, but the markets for sale are strongest in North America and Europe, while the greatest dedicated area is accounted for by Australia, the greatest number of producers are in India, and the Falkland Islands record the highest share of agricultural land dedicated to organic production.
Animal-free farming may use organic or non-organic farming methods. However, most detailed discussions of animal-free agriculture currently focus on animal-free organic variants. [4] In the European Union, farmers have a financial incentive to use manure instead of animal-free fertilisers, since manure is subsidised.