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Serving Rural America's Kids and Families

April 13, 2015 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Every parent’s wish is for their children to thrive and prosper. Yet, too many of our nation’s families still live in poverty, despite doing their best to make ends meet. Rural families and children have additional challenges as schools, healthcare services, healthy food choices, jobs, and other...

USDA Results Initiatives Rural

Keeping our Promise in Kentucky

March 20, 2015 Lisa Mensah, Under Secretary for Rural Development

During my trip to Kentucky, I was truly gratified to see Rural Development’s footprint throughout small towns spread across all regions of the Commonwealth. From water lines, broadband networks, wastewater treatment plants, single and multi-family housing, electric lines, senior centers, hospitals...

Rural

Rural Housing: Making a Home for Summer Food Program

March 04, 2015 Tony Hernandez, Administrator, USDA Rural Housing Service

In 2014, 21.6 million American children depended on free or reduced-price school lunches. When school lets out for the summer, many of these children do not get enough to eat and become at risk of all the health issues associated with hunger. Poverty and the lack of food for children are persistent...

Food and Nutrition Rural

Save Energy with USDA Rural Development

March 03, 2015 Lillian Salerno, Rural Business-Cooperatives Service (RBS) Administrator

Last month, Secretary Vilsack announced the opening of the new application cycle for our Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). In addition to the announcement, RBS conducted a national REAP stakeholder forum which discussed program changes and provided examples of successful projects from...

Energy Rural

We Are the Bridge: Rural Development Carries Forward Civil Rights Legacy

February 24, 2015 Lisa Mensah, Under Secretary for Rural Development

On my first trip as the Under Secretary for Rural Development, I visited Alabama and Mississippi. It seemed fitting for me to begin my trip in Selma, Alabama given the historical significance of the location. The march from Selma, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., embodied our most human desires...

Rural

'Five Faces of the Farm Bill' Series and New Multimedia Channel Bring the Farm Bill to Life

February 02, 2015 Matthew Herrick, Deputy Director of Communications, USDA

Today, we begin a month-long effort to highlight the one-year anniversary of the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill, by launching a new multimedia channel packed with compelling stories, stunning photography and even a personal note from Secretary Vilsack to USDA’s friends...

Conservation USDA Results Initiatives Energy Food and Nutrition Rural Technology Trade

Investing in the Future of Maine's Great Outdoors with Renewable Energy

January 12, 2015 Virginia Manuel, Maine State Director, USDA Rural Development

Recently I had the privilege of joining Matthew Hancock and his team at Mt. Abram, a unique, sustainable ski area located in the mountains of Western Maine. An immense 803 panel solar photovoltaic system greeted gatherers as they drove in, the result of a Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP)...

Rural

2014 in Review: New Farm Bill Allows Kansas Family to Purchase Home

December 29, 2014 Kansas Rural Development State Director Patty Clark

2014 will soon be in our collective rear view mirrors, and USDA Rural Development has had an incredibly productive year. This week we are looking back on stories from the year that illustrate the impact our programs have on rural communities. Here's a story out of our Kansas State Office from June...

Rural

World Accessibility in Rural America

December 29, 2014 Jasper Schneider, Rural Utilities Service Administrator

Access to the world via internet and mobile phone services is at the fingertips of most Americans, but this is not the reality for residents of many rural communities across the Nation. In October 2014, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $190.5 million in grants and loans to make broadband...

Rural Technology

A New Home for the Holidays in Michigan

December 23, 2014 James J. Turner, Michigan State Director, USDA Rural Development

During this holiday week, I couldn't help but think of my recent visit with Ms. Rebecca Weber of St. Johns, Michigan – about twenty minutes north of our state capital of Lansing. USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez and I were able to meet Ms. Weber and hear her inspiring story...

Rural

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