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NRCS Recovery Act Project Helps Provide New Starts for Residents

April 03, 2013 Mark Bushman, NRCS

For more than 45 years, people who lived in West Virginia’s Dunloup Creek Watershed have dealt with floods. That’s because there’s a scarcity of flat land in the area and residents have had to settle mostly along the creek—the very area that floods during storms. Two major floods in 2001 and 2004...

Conservation

Birdstrikes at Homestead Air Force Base Down 90% Thanks to USDA

May 10, 2012 Edward Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

The mission of USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services is to provide expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts and allow people and wildlife to coexist. During my recent trip to South Florida I toured Homestead Airbase and learned firsthand about an extremely valuable service provided by APHIS-WS that most folks...

Animals Plants

USDA, HUD and Pennsylvania Housing Agency Agree to Streamline Rental Financing

March 15, 2012 Dawn Knepp, Pennsylvania Rural Development Public Information Coordinator

In a step forward in the Obama Administration’s desire to streamline government policies and build stronger inter-agency partnerships, USDA Rural Development, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) jointly announced the launch of a...

Rural

Calling All Students: Enter the Ending Childhood Hunger Video Contest!

September 15, 2011 Sara Gold, Program Analyst, USDA FNS

We often talk about how important it is for different groups including schools, nonprofits, corporations, faith communities, and others to work together end childhood hunger. Many times children and youth are left off that list, but not today! This is your chance to get involved. We’re calling on...

Food and Nutrition

Deadline for DCP, ACRE Program Looming; Producers Must Enroll by June 1

May 20, 2011 Tanya Brown, USDA Farm Service Agency

The deadline for the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE), is quickly approaching. Producers who have not signed up for either program have until June 1 to do so. “Producers must be aware of these deadlines and take action,” USDA Farm Service...

Rural

New USDA Grant Aimed at Improving Food Safety for Nation’s Kids

April 25, 2011 Kevin Concannon, USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Millions of those who receive nutrition assistance from the federal government are children. Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our kids and so, at USDA, we are working to ensure that kids are being served safe, high quality meals. To emphasize this priority, Secretary...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety

A USDA Community Connect Grant Brings Brownington, Missouri to the Digital Age

February 15, 2011 Janie Dunning, Missouri Rural Development State Director, and George Thomas, Public Information Coordinator

A small rural community half way between Kansas City and Springfield is the Village of Brownington, possibly the best kept secret of Henry County. Nestled comfortably along the Harry S. Truman Lake, the Village consists of 119 residents with 68 housing units covering a land area of only 0.15 sq...

Rural Technology

Scientists Agree: Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century

September 14, 2010 Jill Auburn, Office of the Chief Scientist and Research, Education and Economics Mission Area

Support local farmers, strengthen rural communities, promote healthy eating, and protect natural resources…these goals of our Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative find a lot of support in the results of a major new scientific study by the National Research Council, Toward Sustainable...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Georgia Recovery Act Project to Improve Water Quality in the Savannah River

September 10, 2010 Sarah Burk, Student Reporter

My name is Sarah Burk and I live in Savannah, Georgia. I am 13 years old and am home-schooled. I am going to update you on the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia.

Initiatives Rural

USDA Recovery Act Funding Buoys Broadband Expectations for Rural Illinois

September 08, 2010 Joan Messina, Illinois USDA Public Information Coordinator

The excitement was readily apparent when Rural Development Illinois State Director Colleen Callahan and Governor Pat Quinn announced Aug. 31 that 66,000 Cellular One customers in 11 east central Illinois counties would be getting high speed Internet service.

Initiatives Rural Technology