Search

By Katherine Belcher , USDA Rural Development Public Information Coordinator

Written by Amy Mund, Public Information Coordinator USDA Rural Development-Colorado

Photos and blog courtesy of Kathy Beisner, Public Information Coordinator, Delaware

Planting trees is a very traditional way to celebrate Earth Day. Over the years the trees grow up to do many good things for the environment; filter water runoff before pollutants slip into streams, supply the oxygen we breathe and even reduce energy bills by cooling homes and businesses with their...

USDA Rural Development can now be found on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/USDARD. By following us you will receive updates with the latest information about Rural Development’s mission areas, including more than 40 housing, business and community infrastructure and facility programs. This is account is...

By Secretary Tom Vilsack On Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, Americans across the country will be taking time out of their busy lives to help improve the environment, and USDA is joining the effort. From the mall in Washington DC, to the sands of New Mexico and plains of North Dakota, USDA employees...

Bankers and economic development officials from across New York attended USDA Rural Development’s Lender Roundtable in Syracuse on April 8. Sponsored by New York’s Rural Business Program, the event featured USDA Business and Cooperative Programs (B&I) Administrator Judith Canales. The Administrator...

By Ernie Watson - Public Information Coordinator, USDA Rural Development Although Earth Day won’t be celebrated until April 22 nd, the dedication and blessing of the Eastern Navajo Waterline at Counselor, New Mexico on Monday epitomized the very essence of what former Wisconsin Senator Gaylord...

“Where’s the beef?” And the pork, and chicken? At RMH Foods in Morton, Illinois…thanks to a USDA Rural Development guaranteed loan!

More than 220 USDA employees met Thursday at the Varsity Theatre in Davis, Calif. to share their thoughts during the first listening session designed to help implement a cultural transformation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Members of the USDA Cultural Transformation Task Force were...