The Cooperative Extension System (CES) in the 1990's is using public-private partnerships to help expand its capacity to offer youth programming in environmental education and other areas. These partnerships are a strategy to harness the resources a
More than ever before, we need to work cooperatively to conserve the land, water, and air in a manner that will best sustain the Earth and all its people. USDA, through its own and other Federal, State, and local organizations, works to enhance publ
The agricultural and food manufacturing industries face a continual challenge to provide consumers with the food products they want and expect and to market those products at an affordable price. This challenge includes safety, quality, nutritional
The flow of new technology has not been matched by adequate investments in the... institutional and human capacities necessary to use and control these technologies effectively. We now face needs for technology assessment, new institutional innovati
In recent years, people around the world have come to acknowledge the importance of our natural environment and its sensitivity to the effects of humans' actions. Holes in the ozone layer over Antarctica, spreading deserts in Africa, acid rain in ea
Accelerated global population growth is generating ever-increasing pressure on natural resources. The exploitation of resources for economic development, especially since World War II, has led to great degradation of the environment in certain areas
Planetor—it sounds like a new intergalactic space game, but it's not. Actually, it is a new computerized tool for use in developing environmentally sound and economically feasible farm plans. It was created by the Center for Farm Financial Managemen
Concerned physicians and nurses are clustered around the bed of the patient, intently watching the nearby flickering electronic display screens for changes in temperature, pulse rate, breathing, blood pressure, and other "vital signs." The scene is
Air quality and its degradation through environmental pollution are usually viewed as an urban issue, but they have important agricultural dimensions as well. Acid deposition and ozone concentration can threaten the productivity of our cropland and
From sea to shining sea, Americans are making personal contributions to improving their environment by planting new trees and taking better care of existing ones. They have responded to a call by President George Bush to join the "new greening of Am
Fire-renewed, dense, young jack pine stands grow on Michigan's lower peninsula, home of Kirtland's warbler; dry, steep, grassy slopes of Hell's Canyon in Oregon and Idaho harbor the beautiful wildflower, MacFarlane's four-o'clock; clear, gravel-bedd
Our Nation's forests have been prized not only for their great beauty, but also for the wealth of natural resources they provide. These forests supply us with fuel, a variety of useful paper products, and the wood with which we build our homes and f
Balancing various people's needs while conserving long-term resource quality is basic to managing the national forests and grasslands wisely. This goal—taking care of the health, diversity, and productivity of these lands while allowing wise use by
Introduction One of the most dramatic advances of medicine has been the development and use of vaccines for the prevention of once common childhood diseases. Over the past 25 years, mass vaccination programs have resulted in 98% or more declines in
The influenza disease is an illness which affects the upper respiratory system. Influenza signs and symptoms can vary, but are often similar to the common cold, except that relatively high fevers are almost always present in cases of the flu, but ra
