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Feds Fighting Hunger One Mango at a Time

July 28, 2011 Katie Yocum, Rural Development Northeast Region Coordinator

Right now, federal employees across the country are banding together to support the “Feds Feed Families” food drive. We’re nearing the end of July, and while the reports coming in look promising, we need to keep pushing ahead. August is right around the corner, which means we only have one more...

Food and Nutrition Rural

Administrator Approves Alaska College Student Center Transfer to Fine Arts Group

July 25, 2013 Larry Yerich, USDA Alaska – Public Information Coordinator

In June, Tammye Treviño, Administrator for Rural Housing and Community Facilities, traveled to Sitka and Ketchikan, Alaska for National Homeownership Month and discussions with community leaders on the intent of the USDA StrikeForce initiative in Southeast Alaska. Ms. Treviño also took time in Sitka...

Rural

Brothers Continue Family Legacy of Caring for Forests

September 08, 2011 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Brothers Richard and Jim Guldin both went to Penn State, both eventually joined the U.S. Forest Service and both ended up in forest research.You might say their professional path continues their family’s legacy.

Conservation Forestry Rural Research and Science

USDA, National Endowment for the Arts, Artplace, work Together to Bring Opportunities to Rural Artists

February 06, 2013 Chris Beck, Senior Projects Advisor, USDA Rural Development

As part of USDA’s effort to partner with foundations and increase investments in rural America, the Department has been working with the National Endowment for the Arts and Artplace to maximize grants that are being made in rural communities. ArtPlace is a non-profit organization which implements a...

Rural

USDA Rural Development and Farm Service Agency Hold Arkansas Jobs Forums

January 19, 2010

Rural Development and Farm Service Agency staff in Arkansas joined forces to conduct two Jobs Forums across the State. These Forums were a follow-up to a national Jobs Forum held in December by President Obama.

USDA Results Rural

More States Added to Biomass Production Program; 3,400 New Jobs Expected

August 01, 2011 Tanya Brown, Farm Service Agency

USDA recently named additional states that will participate in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, designed to expand the availability of non-food crops to be used for liquid biofuels.

Energy Rural

Single Mom of Five Enjoys First Time Homeownership Thanks to Recovery Act

December 14, 2009 acampbell

Last week, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and I had the pleasure of meeting Kelly Hench, a single Mom of five whom, thanks to the recovery act, was able to move her kids to a home in a nice development just outside of Carlisle, PA.

Initiatives Rural

Building Swap Financed by USDA Supports Arts, Education Goals

July 31, 2013 Kathy Beisner, Acting USDA Rural Development Delaware/Maryland State Director

Sussex County, Delaware’s only charter school, the former Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences middle school, is being re-named “ Sussex Academy” as it expands to include a high school. But unlike most expansion projects, the academy is swapping its old building for an existing building that meets its...

Rural

Stronger Economies Together: Helping Rural Counties Excel through Regional Approaches

October 03, 2016 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Regional Rural Development Centers (RRDCs) play a unique role in USDA's service to rural America. They link the research and educational outreach capacity of the nation's public universities with communities, local decision makers, entrepreneurs, families, and farmers and ranchers to help address a...

USDA Results Initiatives Rural

FSA Participates in Hispanic Higher Education Recruitment Event

November 09, 2010 Brenda Farias, County Executive Director, Santa Barbara / Ventura Counties, CA; Hispanic Coordinator, Special Emphasis and Outreach Committee

The Farm Service Agency was proud to lead the way recently for USDA representation at a major national Hispanic educator’s event. The occasion was the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Annual Convention, held this year in San Diego. The FSA California State Office was asked to...

Initiatives Rural