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Deputy Under Secretary Cheryl Cook Announces Obama Administration Accomplishments Supporting Renewable Energy

March 22, 2012 Dawn Knepp, USDA Pennsylvania Public Information Officer

The sun shone brightly on the 896 panel solar array at Heidel Hollow Farm in Germansville, Penn., as USDA Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Cheryl L. Cook, other USDA officials and guests celebrated the farm’s successful renewable energy project and the announcement of a new USDA Renewable...

Energy Rural

USDA, Other Federal Agencies Join Together to Help an Iowa Community

March 16, 2012 Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development Iowa State Director

Mention to folks that federal agencies work well together and you may receive reactions of disbelief. Sometimes the federal employees, themselves, don’t believe it. But there was a roomful of believers at a recent USDA Rural Roundtable held in Ogden, Iowa. I held more than 40 roundtables across...

Rural

Value Added Producer Grants Promote Improvements to Vermont Dairy, New Hampshire Sausage Operations

March 16, 2012 Sherry Paige, Vermont/New Hampshire Business & Cooperative Program Specialist

It was a snow day in New England, but up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, in the little town of Hardwick, several people were gathered at the VT Food Venture Center, a local food incubator, to sign USDA Value Added Grant papers for the new businesses they are starting up. The Michaud family of...

Rural

USDA, HUD and Pennsylvania Housing Agency Agree to Streamline Rental Financing

March 15, 2012 Dawn Knepp, Pennsylvania Rural Development Public Information Coordinator

In a step forward in the Obama Administration’s desire to streamline government policies and build stronger inter-agency partnerships, USDA Rural Development, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) jointly announced the launch of a...

Rural

Rural New Mexico Businesses Saving Energy and Going Green!

March 14, 2012 Terry Brunner, USDA New Mexico Rural Development State Director

It’s 8:20 AM and Jo Ann Shelby, the manager of Compass Components, in Deming, New Mexico is beginning her day by going over her latest work production and business expense reports. She finds the cost of electricity to light the 90,000 square foot assembly plant is down 50 percent.

Energy Rural

One Pumpkin Seed Was Start to Educating a Community

March 14, 2012 Cally Ehle, Wisconsin Farm Service Agency

It all started with a little red wagon and six pumpkins. Growing up on his family’s farm in Suamico, Wis., Brian Gronski’s family had a large garden and five acres of pick your own raspberries. One year, Gronski’s father provided his sons with a small spot to grow their own vegetables, which...

Rural

USDA Rural Development Hosts Turkish Delegation in Nebraska

March 12, 2012 Vicki Schurman, USDA Nebraska Public Information Officer

Rural development officials from Hatay Province, Turkey were in the United States recently to learn about USDA Rural Development programs at the national level and in Nebraska. Hatay Governor Mehmet Celalettio Lekesiz, Hatay Rural Development Agency Director Savas Ozgursoy and four agency staff were...

Rural

Taking Part in a "Yes We Can" America

March 08, 2012 Monica Wyant, USDA, Office of Congressional Relations:

Each year, USDA Rural Development assists thousands of limited income Americans achieve the dream of homeownership. We do it with the support of our partners and our field staff. Below, cross-posted from the White House website, is the story of one person in Utah who teamed with USDA to make a big...

USDA Results Rural

USDA Recognizes Manufacturers who are Making a Difference in Rural America

March 08, 2012 Justin Hatmaker, USDA Rural Development

Last month the White House and the USDA hosted the “Recognition of Manufacturing Success in Rural America” event at the White House Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington, DC. The ceremony recognized 46 rural manufacturing companies that have made outstanding contributions to the economy...

USDA Results Rural

A New Hispanic Behavioral Health Facility Serves Rural Arizona

March 07, 2012 Dianna Jennings, USDA Rural Development Arizona Special Projects Coordinator

“La esperanza nunca debe atrasarse.” “Hope should never be deferred.” For years the Pinal Hispanic Council (PHC) had to defer building a new behavioral health clinic in Eloy, Arizona. They couldn’t afford to fund it.

Initiatives Rural