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USDA Rural Development Loan Guarantee Helps Business Maintain Equal Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

December 27, 2010 USDA Minnesota Intern Nicole Gillespie with assistance from Adam Czech

For the last 32 years, Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI), a non-profit social enterprise, has been dedicated to providing job opportunities for people with disabilities. Founded in 1964 by John DuRand as an Occupational Training Center, MDI transitioned into an Affirmative Business in 1978...

Rural

A Michigan Community Continues to Upgrade its Water System with USDA Support

December 27, 2010 Alec Lloyd, Michigan USDA Public Information Coordinator

Usually when I submit a post for the Rural Development blog, the subject is an event, such as a closing, ribbon-cutting or groundbreaking ceremony. This entry as a little different – it is a blog about another blog.

Rural

Time is Ticking! Final Days to Submit Your Favorite Recipe

December 22, 2010 Deputy Under Secretary Janey Thornton, FNCS

Cross-posted from the Let's Move! Blog: As schools across the country entered the holiday break, we sent out a friendly reminder that the Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition is coming to a close December 30 at 5:00 p.m. But it is not too late for teams across the country to get their winning...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Holiday Food Safety Bloopers

December 22, 2010 Diane Van, Manager, USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline

Cross-posted from the FoodSafety.gov blog. The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline talked to about 350 people on Thanksgiving Day about thawing, preparing and storing turkey. Most people were right on track and just needed some reassuring about handling the big bird. Some people, however, called about...

Health and Safety

After 500 Loans, Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community (BASEC) is Still Going Strong

December 21, 2010 Tammi Schone, USDA South Dakota Public Information Officer

Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community (BASEC) just made its 500 th loan and through its revolving loan program has loaned over $16 million dollars to improve the economic and housing climate of part of South Dakota since 1996. BASEC (named after the two counties it serves) has less than a 1 percent...

Rural

Hitchhiking at Christmas

December 21, 2010 Chris Guy, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Even in a tropical paradise like Hawaii, Christmas just isn’t Christmas to some folks without an evergreen tree decked out...

Research and Science

Students Participate in Pajaro Project Planting Day

December 20, 2010 Jody Fagan, NRCS California

As many as 28 students from the Pajaro Valley High School recently planted wetland trees, shrubs and grasses as part of a Pajaro River Watershed project near Watsonville, California. For this project, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is working with the Resource Conservation District of...

Initiatives Conservation

TEAM USDA Makes the Difference at Nevada’s Pinyon-Juniper Summit

December 20, 2010 USDA Rural Development Nevada State Director Sarah Adler with assistance from Kelly Clark, Special Projects Coordinator

We have a resource issue across the West, and here in Nevada in particular, that is crossing a number of boundaries in terms of its effects on rural economies, wildlife diversity and forest health. That issue is pinyon-juniper encroachment; which is the rapid growth of pinyon and juniper trees to...

Rural

Through Partnership Healthier, Beautiful Communities Grow

December 20, 2010 The People’s Garden Team

A partnership between USDA’s People’s Garden Initiative and Keep America Beautiful (KAB) was a natural fit. KAB, the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action network, has been engaging individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their communities for over 50 years, through a...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

USDA/1890 Scholar Welcomes Opportunity to “Give Back”

December 20, 2010 Brittini Brown, USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach

Five months ago, I was offered one of the greatest opportunities of my budding career with USDA, an invitation to join the Office of Advocacy and Outreach as the Interim Lead for the USDA/1890 Program. I eagerly and enthusiastically accepted the challenge, and what an AMAZING experience it has been...

Rural

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