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In Chicago, Chefs Move to Model School

November 22, 2010 Alan Shannon, USDA Food & Nutrition Service, Midwest Region

When Chicago heard about First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to match chefs with schools, the city popped! Inspired by a unique partnership between locally-based Healthy Schools Campaign and Chicago Public Schools, the city saw an impressive number of Second City chefs sign up to participate in the...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Conservation Partnership Helps Family Farm Thrive

November 22, 2010 Kip Kolesinskas, State Soil Scientist, Connecticut, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Allen and Becky Clark have been farming for 17 years. When they started their small business, they grew flowers, pumpkins and corn stalks. Four years ago, they began raising goats for milk and cheese and eventually started making soap as well. The Clarks had long wanted to expand their farm but...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

USDA Partnering for Wild Rice Restoration in Wisconsin

November 22, 2010 Robert Willging, WS District Supervisor, Rhinelander, WI

When summertime begins to transition to autumn in northern Wisconsin, towards the end of August and early September, Native Americans wait with anticipation for the Wild Rice Moon, the sign it is harvest time for the grain of such cultural importance to local tribes.

Animals Plants

USDA, Co-ops Play Role in Helping Rural Residents Cut Electricity Costs

November 22, 2010 Scott Gates, Managing Editor, Solutions News Bulletin, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

Earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden announced a “ Recovery Through Retrofit” initiative aimed at boosting energy efficiency in homes across the country. As part of the effort, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed Home Energy Score software that will standardize home energy...

Rural

Recovery Act Funding Provides New Emergency Services Facility for a Flood-Damaged Iowa Community

November 19, 2010 Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa

Local fire departments and emergency service personnel play a critical role in ensuring community safety. Every community, no matter how small, should have access to top-quality emergency services.

Initiatives Rural

Progress Report on the Town of Newburg, West Virginia’s USDA Recovery Act Water System Construction Project

November 19, 2010 Abbey Hart, Student Reporter

This is the latest in a series of blogs from West Virginia Student Reporter Abbey Hart on behalf of Bobby Lewis, State Director On November 16, 2010, a Construction Progress Meeting was held at the Newburg Town Hall. Although progress has been slower this past month, 76 percent of the project is...

Initiatives Rural

Share Our Strength Kicks Off No Kid Hungry in New Orleans

November 19, 2010 Bill Ludwig, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Southwest Regional Administrator

I had the honor of participating in the kick-off of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 12. I say it was an honor because of the importance of the project and the dedication and sincerity of the partners who have come together to make it happen.

Food and Nutrition

USDA TARGET Center Launches Profiles in Technology Video Series on USDA YouTube Channel

November 19, 2010 Paul Lloyd, Education and Section 508 Service Area Manager, USDA TARGET Center

In today’s workplace, technology has such an immense impact that most of us take it for granted. Yet there was once a day when you sat at your desk and wrote letters by hand, waited for the mail to be delivered and connected calls through an employee-operated switch board in your office. If you were...

Technology

Construction Begins on South Dakota Wind Project

November 18, 2010 Tammi Schone USDA South Dakota Public Affairs Specialist

Today, November 18, 210, Basin Electric Power Cooperative based in Bismarck, ND, will receive a USDA Rural Development Rural Utilities loan guarantee for $153,396,000 for two wind projects in Mina, ND. Together these projects will provide 120 MW of renewable electricity. Combined with Basin’s...

Rural

USDA Offers Funding To Help Farmers Turn Manure into Energy

November 18, 2010 Laura Melling, USDA

Right now, across the country, innovative agricultural producers are turning farm animal manure into renewable energy through a process called anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion is a proven technology – available to farmers today – that represents a huge economic opportunity for rural America...

Rural