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Farmers with Military Service are Unsung Heroes of American Ag

May 01, 2023 Alexandra Nseir, USDA NASS Public Affairs Specialist

Members of the United States Armed Forces sacrifice so much to keep us safe and protect our country. Every May Americans recognize their efforts and express gratitude during Military Appreciation Month. At USDA, we also celebrate the contributions that our Military members have made to agriculture...

Research and Science

Public Land Access and Changing Demographics in Hall County, Georgia

March 08, 2012 Reggie Woodruff, U.S. Forest Service

In one of the first of its kind studies in the South, a research social scientist with the Forest Service Southern Research Station recently examined Latino access to local public lands in Hall County, Ga. Census-track-based information from studies like this can help municipal and county planners...

Forestry

A New USDA-Funded Center Boosts a Mississippi Community

March 25, 2011 Ken Stribling, Mississippi Public Information Coordinator

A new community center financed through USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities program was the location of a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Canton, Mississippi last week.

Rural

Cooking Up a Delicious Meal with a Local Twist

May 19, 2011 Cordelia Fox, Public Affairs Director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Western Region

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: Located in the one of the most fertile agricultural valleys on Earth is the town of Manteca, Calif. Surrounded by groves of almonds, cherries, olives and a host of other crops for as far as the eye can see, a group of students sought inspiration for First Lady...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

Future Forest Service Leaders Learn About Agency History

March 14, 2012 Renee Lee, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Imagine men mounted on horses, armed with rifles and sidearms, patrolling millions of acres of public land. These men were typical U.S. Forest Service rangers over a century ago. This is how the Forest Service first approached forest management. Forest Service historian Dr. Lincoln Bramwell recently...

Forestry

Forest Service Employee Finds Missing Three-Year Old Boy Near Arkansas Forest

October 01, 2012 Debbie Ugbade, Public Affairs, Specialist, Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests

It was about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Onia, a small community in Stone County, Arkansas, within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. About 24 hours had passed since three-year-old Landen Cade Trammell had wandered away from his home and about 30 Forest Service employees were actively...

Forestry

Carbon Study Conducted on US Forest Service Land Reveals Unexpected Results

November 03, 2011 Robert H. Westover, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

A 12-year study on the U.S. Forest Service’s Harshaw Experimental Forest near Rhinelander, WI is challenging long-held assumptions about how future forests will respond to the rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Forestry

Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager Travels to PA for Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Tour

September 02, 2011 Dawn Knepp, Public Affairs Specialist, Rural Development

On a crisp, fall-like day in August, Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager travelled to Pennsylvania to tour two USDA funded facilities that are helping to reduce the amount of nutrients flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. The first stop on the tour was Windview Farm where owner Mac Curtis has revolutionized...

Conservation Rural

USDA Rebuilds Levee, Resident's Peace of Mind

December 10, 2014 Creston Shrum, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Arkansas

When flood waters tore through the levee along Mill Creek in western Arkansas in May 2013, the small unincorporated community of Y City in Scott County sustained massive damage. Mill Creek rose more than 19 feet destroying lives, homes, businesses and a levee. Flood damage covered a five-mile area...

Conservation

USDA’s Food for Education Program Continues to Benefit Health of World’s Citizens

April 07, 2011 Katie Gorscak, Public Affairs Specialist, Foreign Agricultural Service

A group of schoolchildren wait patiently in line to get their lunch. This ritual takes place in schools all over the world. But for the children in Mali, a country ranked 160 out of 169 of the poorest countries in the world, this may be their one nutritious meal for the day. With the number of...

Food and Nutrition Trade

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