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Bison, Yellowstone National Park. NPS Photo/David Restivo

Animals

Canola field. Linker Farms, Judith Basin County, Montana. June 2020.

Bioenergy

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Carbon & Greenhouse Gases

Add this little Alaskan adventure to your bucket list! This is a shot from 2008 referred to many as Surprise Glacier during a trip to Alaska to catalog glacial melt and other climate-related research. An iconic shot from USGS photographer, Don Becker. Taken on August 22, 2008.

Climate Science

GrowNYC sponsors the Corona Farmers Market in Queens, New York, one of the most dynamic and diverse farmers markets in the city. The farmers market is just steps off the subway and mass transit system for the city. USDA photo by Preston Keres

Crops

Tomatoes from the vendors at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that can be used at the USDA Farmers Market's VegU educational tent demonstration of a Spanish Tomato Salad on Friday, July 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. USDA Media by Lance Cheung.

Economics

Children are able to get a close-up view of monarch butterflies at the Monarch Watch display of monarch butterflies, larvae (caterpillars), interactive toys and informational posters, during the 138th White House Easter Egg Roll. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung

Education (K-12)

trees with blue sky behind

Forests & Woodlands

Riding on horseback, Travis Brown, owner of LO Cattle Company, enjoys the healthy grazing pastures and rangeland. Photo taken June 19, 2019 at the LO Cattle Company located in Sand Springs, MT in Garfield County.

Grazing Lands

University of Maryland Extension Urban Farmer Field School holds an educational event at Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm (PPHUF) in Baltimore, Md., July 20, 2021. PPHUF was created by Farmer Chippy (left) and a group of Caribbean/American citizens’ desire to effect change and have a positive impact on the lives of young adults like Farm Hand Elijah Bailey, 17, (right) that reside in the Park Heights community as well as focus on food production and distribution to create the first “Agrihood” within the

Rural & Urban Communities

The soil on Kenneth Jensen's farm is a perfect example of healthy, high-performing microbiology. It's full of tiny, round "nodules" that indicate healthy nitrogen levels, plus there's plenty of earthworms to help with water infiltration. NRCS photo by Aaron Roth.

Soil

A glacial river branches out in a broad coastal delta and meets the North Pacific Ocean. Credit: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS

Water