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Articles by Adele Swearingen
Fridays on the Farm: Restoring Farmland for Future Generations
This Friday, meet Tim Wilson of Indiana, where he and his family grow corn and soybeans on more than 2,200 acres in Fountain and Montgomery counties. Over the last five years, the family has dedicated 23 of those acres to wildlife and pollinator habitat, helping improve the biodiversity on their operation while also improving their return on investment. Tim Wilson (right) and his son, Drew (left). Photo by Kris Vance, NRCS.
Fridays on the Farm: Leading with Conservation
This Friday meet Nicole Vernon of Jones County, Iowa, where she raises cattle, corn, soybeans, and hay. Nicole started her farm in 2016, purchasing 100 acres just before her senior year at Iowa State University. Nicole moved to the farm soon after purchasing the land, splitting her time between classes and the field. Now, 10 years later, Nicole and her husband, Jon, farm alongside her parents where their cows rotate through pastures, cover crops and feed.
Fridays on the Farm: Building a Legacy of Conservation and Sustainability in Texas
This Friday, meet John and Natasha Sawyer of Hill County, Texas, where the farm has been in the Sawyer family for nearly 100 years. These fourth-generation farmers have embraced a new era of agriculture. Transitioning from conventional methods to sustainable practices, they’ve adapted to the evolving landscape. Today, their fields flourish with corn, soft wheat, barley, and rye. John Sawyer is a fourth-generation farmer in Hill County, Texas.
Sawyer Farms: A Legacy of Conservation and a Future of Sustainability
In Hill County, Texas, John and Natasha Sawyer, the fourth generation of the Sawyer family, have embraced a new era of farming. Transitioning from conventional methods to sustainable practices, they’ve adapted to the evolving landscape and welcomed a unique new customer, a local whiskey company. Today, their fields flourish with corn, soft wheat, barley, and rye, contributing to the award-winning spirits their consumer is renowned for.
Ribbon Cutting and Open House Held at Dallas USDA Urban Service Center
By Adele Swearingen and Joshua Coleman The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA), and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently held a Ribbon Cutting and Open House for the new USDA Urban Service Center in Dallas. Officially open since April 2023, the event provided an opportunity for urban and innovative producers, agency leadership and staff, congressional staff, partners, and the general public to come together and celebrate.
NRCS provides support for the Texas state forestry contest
By: Adele Swearingen, Public Affairs Specialist, Bryan, TX Annually across Texas, FFA students and 4-H members participate in local and regional forestry contests. Then, up to four teams (two from FFA and two from 4-H) from each of the regional contests compete at the state level contest held just outside of Nacogdoches at the Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest property shared with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s East Texas Plant Materials Center.
Patience, partnerships are key when growing trees in East Texas
Standing in the shade of the pines that tower over Jimmy Scott’s land in East Texas, there’s an overwhelming sense of ease and peace. The outside world grows distant, fenced out by the trees as cattle graze freely on the native grasses and wander, fearless and full of curiosity. Part of that sense of ease comes from the rapport and warmth between Scott and Willie Holmon. Holmon is an 18-year veteran of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an office of USDA.
It takes a village
Food deserts are areas where a substantial proportion of the population doesn’t have access to supermarkets or large grocery stores, or where there is limited access to a variety of healthy and affordable food. While many assume food deserts exist mainly in urban areas, that is not always the case. Freestone, Leon and Limestone Counties in East Texas are considered food deserts, with many residents living more than 10 miles from the nearest grocery store.
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