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USDA Rural Development Participates in the Vermont Small Business Lending Conference

May 19, 2010

By Anita Rios Moore, USDA Rural Development, Vermont Molly Lambert, USDA Rural Development State Director for Vermont and key Vermont Business and Cooperative Program staff participated recently in the Vermont Small Business Lending Conference presented by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy.

Rural

USDA Water Program Funds Assist a Mississippi Community

May 19, 2010 Ken Stribling, USDA Rural Development Public Information Coordinator

Last month, Mississippi Rural Development State Director Trina George organized an event in the town of Leland which spotlighted a loan and grant combination awarded to Black Bayou Water Association.

Rural

Ohio Self-Help Housing Forum Provides Opportunity for Participants to Share Their Views

May 17, 2010

By Michael Jones, USDA Public Affairs Director, Ohio Tammye Trevino, USDA Rural Development Administrator for Housing and Community Facilities, visited Columbus, Ohio recently to participate in the sixth of 10 scheduled Self-Help Housing Forums being held around the country. Joining her on the panel...

Rural

WOW! Western Oklahoma Wireless

May 13, 2010 Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Like many of you, I spend a lot of time on my Blackberry and computer both at work and home. I use this access for business, for play, and a host of other applications that I can’t imagine living without.

Initiatives Rural Technology

Apple Capital of Wisconsin, Gays Mills, Begins Move With USDA Support

May 13, 2010

By Kelly Edwards, USDA Rural Development, Wisconsin The Village of Gays Mills lies in a valley among the steeply chiseled bluffs of the region known as the Driftless Area of Southwest Wisconsin, along the banks of the Kickapoo River. The people are known for growing apples and holding the Annual...

Rural

Secretary Vilsack Meets Farmers, Tours Biofuel Facility and Discusses Recovery Act Business Support During Pennsylvania Visit

May 12, 2010 Thomas P. Williams, Rural Development State Director

Friday, a beautiful spring day in Pennsylvania, it was my pleasure to welcome Secretary Vilsack and his wife Christy to Pennsylvania for a tour and rural discussion. We started the day at Middletown Biofuels for a facility tour along with Congressman Tim Holden and other local and state officials...

Initiatives Rural

Rain, Snow, and Sleet Didn’t Stop Kids at USDA Utah Event

May 11, 2010

Submitted by Dave Conine, USDA Rural Development State Director and Donna Birk, PIC Weather was cold in late April in Utah when Santaquin City celebrated Earth Day with USDA Rural Development. Santaquin City officials were shivering with excitement to receive a $7 million plus loan and grant...

Rural

From REA to RUS-75 Years of Lighting the Way for Rural America

May 06, 2010

By Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator-USDA Rural Utilities Service If you lived in a rural area 75 years ago, you probably didn’t have electricity. Water for livestock, cooking, cleaning and bathing had to be hand pumped from a well. Farmers risked milk spoilage in the summer, and people often got...

Energy Rural

USDA Recovery Act Funds Help a Key Supplier to America’s Natural Gas Industry

May 04, 2010

Written by Vicki Schurman, USDA Public Information Officer

Initiatives Rural

South Dakota Tribes Seek a Cleaner, Healthier Environment

April 30, 2010 Tammi Schone, USDA Public Information Coordinator

Earth Day celebrations in both Rosebud and Porcupine, South Dakota, featured Jessica Zufolo, USDA Rural Development Deputy Administrator for Rural Utilities Programs. Zufolo was joined by the South Dakota Rural Development State Director Elsie M. Meeks and Area Director Tim Potts, along with...

Conservation Rural

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