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Ohio Economic Development Conference Promotes Business Opportunity and Job Creation

September 01, 2010 Michael Jones, USDA Ohio Public Information Coordinator

The Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP) held an intensive two-day economic development conference in Ohio on Aug. 24-25 targeting educational outreach to the state’s small, rural community leaders. With more than 300 participants from Ohio and neighboring states on hand, and an impressive line...

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New Marketing Center for Local Producers Opens in Kentucky Thanks to Recovery Act Support from USDA

August 31, 2010 Katherine Belcher, Kentucky Public Information Coordinator

USDA Administrator of Business and Cooperative Programs Judy Canales got a taste of true southern hospitality when she visited Kentucky recently. Canales was able to experience the products of local artisans and agriculture producers that were on display in new Bath County Agricultural Education and...

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FSA Administrator Learns of Real-World Recovery Act Experiences in Alabama

August 31, 2010 Vickie Lane, Farm Service Agency, Alabama

Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess met earlier this month with local farmers in Wetumpka, Ala., to discuss how assistance from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ( Recovery Act) has helped their farming operation.

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USDA in Nebraska Collects More Than 8,300 Pounds of Food

August 31, 2010 Vicki Schurman, Nebraska USDA Public Information Officer

USDA Rural Development, Farm Service Agency, and Natural Resource Conservation Service in Nebraska held the “Feds, Farmers, and Friends Feed Families” food drive through July 30, from which 8,352 pounds of food were collected.

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“Raising of the Ball”-A South Dakota Community Uses Recovery Act Funds to Improve its Water System

August 30, 2010 Tammi Schone, USDA Rural Development-South Dakota

USDA Rural Development joined Ipswich, South Dakota city officials, congressional staff, partners, and members of the community recently for a “raising of the ball” event. There was excitement in the air as the National Anthem was sung by members of the Ipswich High School chorus, drum roll, and all...

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Secretary Vilsack Encourages Intern to Explore Opportunities at USDA

August 30, 2010 Darin Leach, USDA Iowa Public Information Officer

It's hard to beat a summertime filled with spending time with family and friends, traveling to new places, enjoying the outdoors and sometimes just relaxing. For college students, the summer is also a great time to gain valuable professional experiences.

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USDA Seeks Tribal Input on Farm Bill Rules

August 27, 2010 James "JP" Pendleton, Montana USDA Public Affairs Officer

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have made a renewed commitment to investment and outreach in Indian reservations. As the USDA works to implement legislation within the 2008 Farm Bill, department officials have met with tribal nations across the country to...

Rural

USDA Rural Development and Recovery Act Funding Finance Industrial Park Improvements and Create Jobs in Southeast Kansas

August 27, 2010 Patty Clark, Kansas State Director, USDA Rural Development

Earlier this week, USDA Rural Development staff joined the Kansas Department of Transportation and the City of Parsons, to celebrate the official opening of Giefer Drive and Tolen Creek Industrial Park as well as the completion of the US 59 Recovery Act Highway Project.

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USDA Recovery Act Broadband Funding to Provide Broadband Service to South Dakota Towns

August 26, 2010 By Tammi Schone, USDA South Dakota Public Information Coordinator

USDA Rural Utilities Administrator Jonathan Adelstein was a guest speaker earlier this week at the South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives 2010 Annual Meeting and Conference. Adelstein spoke to a crowd of over 150 telephone cooperative managers and representatives on USDA Rural...

Rural Technology

A New Beginning: Groundbreaking For A New Swan’s Island Library in Maine-Funded through USDA and the Recovery Act

August 26, 2010 Virginia Manuel, Maine Rural Development State Director

It isn’t every day you celebrate a groundbreaking on an island 6 miles off the Maine coast- but that is just what I did last week along with United States Senator Susan Collins and other officials in order to mark the beginning of construction on the new Swan’s Island Library.

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