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Settlement with Native American Farmers and Ranchers Another Indication of a New Civil Rights Era at USDA

October 25, 2010 Janie Simms Hipp, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Tribal Affairs

The announcement last week that USDA and the Department of Justice have reached an agreement with Native American farmers and ranchers to settle alleged incidents of discrimination by USDA marks the start of a new civil rights era. This isn’t just talk. It is meaningful action on the part of the...

Rural

The Heart and Soul of USDA Rural Development's Business - Cooperative Programs is the Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program

October 25, 2010 Darin Leach, USDA Iowa Public Information Coordinator

During the past year, nearly $3 billion in guaranteed loans were issued through The USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program to lenders across the country as they worked with local businesses to help create jobs in rural America.

Rural

USDA Rural Development Administrator talks Energy in Ohio

October 22, 2010 Michael L. Jones, USDA Ohio Public Affairs Specialist

As America dedicates more resources to researching, developing and deploying new energy production technologies to help reduce its dependence on petroleum imported from abroad, positive discussions are occurring among energy industry leaders about the environmental and economic impact adopting these...

Initiatives Rural

USDA Grant Helps Vermont Dairy Turn Manure into Power

October 22, 2010 Jane Lendway with assistance from Marie J. B. Ferris, USDA, Vermont

I went to an exciting open house earlier this month at the Chaput Family Farms in North Troy, Vermont showcasing how dairy farmers can convert manure into operating capital. The event featured the newly installed (August 2010) anaerobic digester, manufactured by a California firm. Approximately 150...

Energy Rural

Biofuels Forum Held in Presque Isle, Maine, Seeks Input from Local Producers and Stakeholders

October 22, 2010 Maine Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel

USDA Rural Development and the Farm Service Agency held a Forum on Expanding the U.S. Biofuels Market on October 15 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. I participated in this important Forum, which sought input from local biofuels producers and stakeholders on the USDA’s interim plan on how...

Energy Rural

A Rural Mississippi Community Gets a New Library with USDA Recovery Act Support

October 21, 2010 Ken Stribling, Mississippi USDA Public Information Coordinator

Jefferson County in Mississippi, a rural county with a population of almost 10,000, was the site of an event last week commemorating a USDA Rural Development Community Facilities grant and loan combination that will bring a modern, state-of-the-art library to that county.

Initiatives Rural

Report Shows The Recovery Act Creates Jobs and Changes Lives for the Better

October 20, 2010 Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack

Cross-posted from the White House Blog. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is a driving force in job creation and economic renewal in rural America.

Initiatives USDA Results Rural

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Visits South Carolina Farms

October 20, 2010 Marlous Black, Public Information Coordinator, USDA Rural Development; and Amy Maxwell, Public Affairs Specialist and Outreach Coordinator, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

On Monday, Secretary Tom Vilsack and Congressman John Spratt visited several PeeDee area farms in South Carolina, and spoke with local leaders and farmers about the importance of developing a strong rural economy. USDA State Directors, Vernita F. Dore, State Director for Rural Development, Ann...

Rural

Event Highlights Recovery Act Broadband Investment in Northeastern Minnesota

October 20, 2010 Adam Czech, Minnesota Public Information Coordinator

Several years ago, commissioners in Lake County in Northeastern Minnesota began researching the possibility of bringing fully network connected broadband services to the region.

Initiatives Rural Technology

How One Area Agency on Aging is Leading the Way

October 19, 2010 Vern Orrell, Public Information Coordinator, Virginia Rural Development

“The Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) are myth-busters, plain and simple,” said Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan at a recent funding announcement held at JABA’s main office and Adult Daycare Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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