Nevada Department of Agriculture

The Nevada Department of Agriculture is distributing $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars to six organizations throughout the state to improve food security for Nevadans.

Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee last week approved more than $11 million in funding requests to support food security and distribution efforts.

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday helped launch the Nevada Craft Beverage Passport, and enjoyed some beer in Reno.

Whole milk produced by Fallon-based Sand Hill Dairy on Wednesday was voluntarily recalled due to inadequate pasteurization.

Nearly 90 locations throughout the state have been selected to help provide meals to low-income children and adults in daycare facilities.

The Farm2Food Accelerator program kicked off this week with the inclusion of 11 Nevada women who run 10 Nevada agriculture-based food and beverage businesses.

U.S. Representative Dina Titus said she’ll reintroduce legislation intended to reform federal checkoff programs, continuing an effort she launched in January 2020.

Three cases of rabies in bats were confirmed this week by the Nevada Department of Agriculture’s Animal Disease Laboratory.

Animal welfare organization Reno Rabbit Rescue is raising the alarm as the RHDV2 virus inches its way toward northern Nevada.

The eCommerce site for Shop Made in Nevada now includes meat, produce and other agricultural products, expanding the reach of Nevada’s food and agriculture producers and businesses.