July 9-10: Profiles of two historical farms: Living History Farms at Urbandale, Iowa, and Ardenwood Historical Farm in Fremont, California. There’s an extended clip available here. July 8: The ag jobs board AgCareers.com and Grounded in Ag--a website offering educational videos on agriculture--have started a joint project called The Ag Onboarding Academy. It’s designed for those who wish to become employed in an ag-related field but have little to no ag training or background. July 7: The left-leaning political advocacy group, Defend America Action, held a press call to denounce policies and actions implemented by President Trump that the group claims to be detrimental to American agriculture. There is a recording of the event here. July 6: On July 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new program called the Fertilizer Investment and Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) program. It’s designed to expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing, thereby reducing reliance on foreign sources and improving affordability for U.S. farmers. A video recording of the news conference is available here. July 2-3: In a webinar hosted by the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, a panel talked about the Triple Burden on Women in Ag. F2F featured two panelists--Florence Becot of Penn State University and Marylynn Mattison-Collins, a Cornell Extension educator who also raises beef with her husband in New York’s Oneida County. You can view a recording of the webinar here. July 1: The U.S. Meat Export Federation is using “real farmer” testimonials in a beef campaign targeting people in Japan. There’s a transcript here of the expanded story from USMEF. June 29-30: Chad Galer, VP of Product Innovation and Food Safety for Dairy Management, Inc., discussed the terminology around “ultra-processed foods” mainly as it relates to the dairy industry. He appeared courtesy of the Dairy Defined podcast from the National Milk Producers Federation. You can access a recording here. June 26: Extension Specialist Gurpal Toor of the University of Maryland at College Park and others took part in a SciLine media briefing about water quality and water pollution. Toor said farmers need to be part of the conversation about water quality. A video recording and transcript of the briefing is available here. June 25: Companies are getting more selective and practical about their approach to sustainability, according to Meryl Richards of Ceres, a nonprofit working toward a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. Richards was a guest in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action. June 24: Compeer Financial--a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving 144 counties in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota--allocates 1% of its annual net earnings to a fund called Compeer Giving. It supports programs and partners in three areas: inspiring youth, enhancing agriculture and the rural workforce, and empowering rural communities. The fund has allocated more than $39 million since 2018. You can watch a recording of a recent webinar about the program.