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Indian Business Alliance Conference Deemed a Success

August 04, 2011 South Dakota Rural Development Coordinator Christine Sorensen.

Over 100 government officials, federal program representatives, non-profit organizations, and Native entrepreneurs came together recently to advance Indian business development in South Dakota.

Rural

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Announces an Event to Assist Southwest Small Business Owners Wanting to Contract with Federal Departments

August 04, 2011 Michelle Warren, USDA office of Departmental Management

Southwest small business owners will have an opportunity in September to learn how to grow and support their businesses by partnering with USDA and the Department of Interior (DOI). The meeting, in New Mexico, supports the White House Initiative on Small Business Contracting.

USDA Results Rural

A Summer Visit to Indian Country. First stop: Eagle Butte, South Dakota

August 03, 2011 Barbara Lopez, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

With summer in full swing, my colleagues and I had the opportunity to visit Summer Food Service sites in Indian Country. Our journey landed us first at a Bureau of Indian Education school in Eagle Butte, South Dakota on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation. Eagle Butte is about 170 miles...

Food and Nutrition

Keep Food Poisoning from Ruining your Vacation

August 03, 2011 Diane Van, Food Safety Education Staff Deputy Director, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

Cross posted from the FoodSafety.gov blog: We look forward all year to our summer vacations. Whether you’re camping, hitting the beach, boating, or relaxing in a mountain cabin or beach house, you’ll probably be packing food. Plan Ahead When planning meals for a vacation, think about buying shelf...

Health and Safety

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Begins Longleaf Pine Restoration Efforts

August 03, 2011 Beverly Moseley, NRCS Texas

In years to come, members of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas won’t have to travel far to gather the treasured longleaf pine needles used to make their traditional handmade baskets.

Conservation Forestry

Rural Veterans and the Tyranny of Distance

August 03, 2011 Drew Brookie, Deputy Press Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs

Cross posted from the White House blog: At the Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Shinseki often talks about the tyranny of distance – the distance that often separates Veterans from care at their nearest VA medical facilities. For about 3.3 million Vets, or 41 percent of the total enrolled...

Rural

USDA’s Risk Management Agency Associate Administrator Visits a North Carolina Interfaith Food Shuttle Project

August 03, 2011 Barbara Leach, Associate Administrator, RMA

As Associate Administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), one of my duties is to lead all-employee meetings with the Agency’s field offices across the country. During my travel, I often visit local projects and success stories in agriculture that have connections with USDA projects...

Food and Nutrition Rural

USDA Dedicates Community Garden at Common Bond Communities Torre De San Miguel homes in Minnesota

August 03, 2011 Adam Czech, Minnesota USDA Public Information Officer

Even though they are surrounded by busy city streets and apartment buildings, fresh vegetables and fruits are only a few steps away for Pakou Yang and Pahoua Vue. Yang and Vue grow onions, tomatoes, peppers, beans and cilantro in the USDA’s community garden at the Common Bond Communities Torre De...

Initiatives Rural

Puerto Rico Agricultural Market Expansion Conference a Success

August 02, 2011 Patricia Dombroski, Administrator, Mid Atlantic Region, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

Puerto Rico’s agriculture has been steadily declining and imports total 85 percent of the food consumed on the island. Additionally, almost all of the $11 million per year that USDA purchases for use in Puerto Rico’s school meals are purchased from companies in the continental United States. What’s...

Initiatives Conservation Food and Nutrition

Pesticide Residue Detection in National Science Lab Beeswax

August 02, 2011 Michael Sussman, Science and Technology Programs

As part of the People’s Garden Initiative for Gastonia, North Carolina, the National Science Laboratory (NSL) built two beehives to produce honey without the use of pesticides. If insect control was needed, we planned to use only what was allowed for use in organic products. When Varroa mites were...

Research and Science