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Introducing www.usda.gov/newfarmers: A One-Stop Shop for the Farmers of Tomorrow

June 23, 2014 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden

Growing up on a farm in Camilla, Ga., I developed a passion for agriculture early. Being a farmer’s daughter helped me understand the challenges farmers and ranchers face over time and the need for common-sense policies and programs to create and expand opportunities for the farmers of the future...

Conservation

USDA, Habitat for Humanity Collaborate to Help Rural Virginians Find a Place to Call Home

June 23, 2014 Virginia Rural Development State Director Dr. Basil Gooden

USDA Rural Development and The Hanover County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity are thinking outside of the box with their new partnership in Virginia. By working together, USDA Rural Development and Habitat for Humanity are able to provide mortgage assistance to low and very low-income rural families...

Rural

US - EU Organic Equivalence Trade Arrangement Opens New Markets

June 20, 2014 Kelly Strzelecki, Senior Trade Advisor, Foreign Agricultural Service

Two years ago this month, the United States and the European Union (EU) implemented an organic equivalence arrangement, meaning products that are certified as organic in the U.S. can also be sold as organic in the EU, and vice versa. This arrangement broke down many of the barriers that organic...

Trade

Homeownership Becomes Reality at Zuni Pueblo

June 20, 2014 Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development State Director for New Mexico

By mid-morning the wind was howling and blowing the auburn colored sand across Zuni Pueblo located in western New Mexico. But this was the last thing on the minds of Kay Panteah, Reyanna Nastarcio and Martha Sheche tribal members of Zuni Pueblo. This is the day they celebrate the completion of...

Rural

The Buzz about Bees

June 20, 2014 Sandy Miller Hays, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

There’s a lot of buzz right now about honey bees—their health and their future. The good news, where honey bees are concerned, is that there is good news. Just last month, the results of the annual winter bee loss survey were released, and losses of managed honey bee colonies from all causes were 23...

Conservation

Memphis Girl Wins National Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl Poster Contest

June 20, 2014 Tiffany Holloway, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Joyce Qin has some pretty proud grandparents. They made their first trip from China to Washington, D.C., to watch U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell honor the 11-year-old Memphis-area student as the national winner of the 2014 Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Contest. “Joyce competed against 30...

Conservation Forestry

USDA Working with Serbian Meat Industry to Facilitate Trade

June 20, 2014 Bucky Gwartney, AMS Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program International Marketing Specialist

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has the vital mission helping market American agricultural products competitively in the marketplace. One way AMS meets this mission is through our globally recognized meat standards. AMS has participated in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe...

Trade

Addressing the Needs of Working Families in Rural America

June 20, 2014 USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post: Last Wednesday, I participated in a regional forum of the White House Working Families Summit that was held at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia. Coming from a small town in Southwest Georgia myself, I can relate to the unique challenges that...

Rural

People's Garden in Illinois Provides Food, Sanctuary for Pollinators

June 20, 2014 Jody Christiansen, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Illinois

What’s the buzz going on in Princeton, Ill.? A food fest for our pollinator friends, that’s what. This is a People’s Garden designed specifically for pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. The idea came to Ellen Starr, area biologist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation...

Conservation Initiatives

Small Loan Makes Big Difference for Family in Remote Area of Navajo Nation

June 19, 2014 Arizona Rural Development State Director Alan Stephens

Some mornings Nona Schuler would make the teeth-jarring drive along a washboard dirt road from her home on the Navajo Nation to her job in town only to discover when she got there that her earrings didn’t match. Without electricity and lighting, it was often difficult for her to see what she was...

Energy Rural