School Gardens & Lots Happening plus Pumpkin Crop

School Gardens & Lots Happening plus Pumpkin Crop. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report.

More and more we are seeing schools putting in gardens and letting the students work and learn. Deborah Kane National Director of USDA Farm to School Program says it's in line with the Farm to School census results.

KANE: We're seeing positive trends in the creation of school gardens which we know are very effective strategy. Activities in the classroom that reinforce the notion about where food comes from and helping kids make those healthy eating choices to get a better sense of what agriculture is and what good choices are

A lot of things are getting ready to happen in Washington D.C. The House passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act by a vote of 417 to 3 late Wednesday night. The Senate passed the bill earlier this year - and the White House endorsed the bill while noting some revisions. House and Senate Ag Committee Leaders have announced the first public meeting for the 2013 Farm Bill conference will be held next week on October 30th beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern. Also - although the Senate is not in session this week - budget leaders are setting the stage for the new House-Senate budget conference to begin the same day as the farm bill conference.

Now checking out this year's pumpkin crop. Rod Bain has more.

(USDA Report)

Thanks Rod. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.