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Ag Secretary Participates in Asian Pacific American Listening Session

00:01:00.342   2021-04-07   
The Ag Secretary hears concerns of bias, discrimination and harassment experienced by Asian Pacific American employees at USDA. (Stephanie Ho and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Ag Secretary Pledges Internal and External Reviews to Fight Discrimination

00:01:00.029   2021-04-07   
The Ag Secretary says USDA will have internal and external efforts to fight discrimination. (Stephanie Ho and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Asian Pacific Americans Welcome Ag Secretary to Discuss Discrimination..

00:00:59.977   2021-04-07   
USDA's Asian Pacific American employees welcomed the Ag Secretary to a discussion on discrimination. (Stephanie Ho and Justin Rhee, president of the Asian Pacific American Network in Agriculture at USDA)

Supporting Cyberinformatic Tool Research for Ag

00:01:00.238   2021-04-07   
Grants were recently awarded to land grant universities researching how to develop advanced tools to transfer agricultural and food-based data into practical applications. (Rod Bain and Steven Thomson of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture)

Actuality: Examples of Ag-Based Cyberinformatic Research Projects

00:00:58.644   2021-04-07   
Steven Thomson of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture discuses two ongoing cyberinformatic development projects connected to USDA's Food and Ag Cyberinformatic Tools research grant program.

April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month

00:00:59.977   2021-04-07   
With spring comes USDA's annual campaign to raise awareness of what it calls hungry pests. (Stephanie Ho and Samantha Simon, Executive Director for Emergency and Domestic Programs with Plant Protection and Quarantine)

Invasive Plant Pests and Diseases Cost $40 Billion Annually

00:00:59.977   2021-04-07   
Invasive pests can cause damage that can cost an estimated 40-billion dollars each year. (Stephanie Ho and Samantha Simon, Executive Director for Emergency and Domestic Programs with Plant Protection and Quarantine)

Plant Pests are Emerging from Dormancy Too

00:00:56.502   2021-04-07   
As plants emerge from dormancy, plant pests and diseases also are waking up. (Stephanie Ho and Samantha Simon, Executive Director for Emergency and Domestic Programs with Plant Protection and Quarantine)

How Can Ordinary People Unwittingly Spread Hungry Pests?

00:00:59.219   2021-04-07   
There are ways ordinary people help spread invasive pests to other parts of the country, even if they don't mean to. (Stephanie Ho and Samantha Simon, Executive Director for Emergency and Domestic Programs with Plant Protection and Quarantine)

Rural Transportation Infrastructure and American Jobs Plan

00:01:00.395   2021-04-07   
Our nation's Transportation Secretary says several aspects of rural transportation infrastructure improvements are included under the proposed American Jobs Plan. (Rod Bain and Secretary Pete Buttigieg)