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Industry Associations Use USDA Market News to Create Apps

August 19, 2013 Anne Alonzo, AMS Administrator

For nearly 100 years, USDA Market News has been collecting market information on behalf of those working in American agriculture to provide current, unbiased price and sales information. Covering both domestic and international markets, the data is disseminated within hours of collection to help...

Technology

Packed House in Tucson, Arizona for Energy Round Table Listening Session with Rural Utilities Administrator

July 26, 2013 Dianna Jennings, USDA Arizona Special Projects Coordinator

Sorry Mr. Wolfe. As it turns out, you actually CAN go home again…and John Padalino recently did. Padalino is the Administrator for the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a branch of USDA Rural Development. Born in south Tucson, Padalino grew up along the border where his father was a customs agent...

Energy Rural Technology

Streamlined Design and New Features for USDA.gov

July 24, 2013 Peter Rhee, Digital Media Director and Bernetta Reese, Web Project Manager

Over the past two years, USDA has undergone a major redesign of USDA.gov and most Agency and Office websites. While we’ve taken major steps to improve the user experience and usability through a streamlined and modern look and feel, we continue to learn and expand on these improvements as we...

Technology

10 Reasons Why Congress Must Act to Pass a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill

June 28, 2013 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Getting a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill passed this year is essential – and it can’t fall victim to politics as usual. Too much is at stake, and too many people lose out if Congress can’t act. Here are 10 good reasons why Congress must take action as soon as possible to achieve passage of a Farm Bill...

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Join the 'Data Revolution', Help Lay the Groundwork for Sustainable Agriculture

June 26, 2013 Catherine Woteki, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

On June 8 th, during the Nutrition for Growth event in London, the United Kingdom and United States governments announced plans to launch the Global Open Data Initiative for Agriculture and Nutrition. This, in turn, built on the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture conference in...

Food and Nutrition Technology

A Virtual Roundtable to Bring the StrikeForce Initiative to New Communities

June 19, 2013 Max Finberg, USDA Strike Force Coordinator

Every day, USDA provides assistance to help grow American agriculture and increase opportunities for rural communities. Unfortunately, 90 percent of America’s persistent poverty counties are in rural America. Earlier this year, we launched the StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Farming Rural Technology

From West Virginia to Ohio, Food Fuels the Local Economy

June 17, 2013 Doug O’Brien, Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development

West Virginia and Appalachian Ohio have a lot in common beyond their shared state border. With a strong agricultural heritage, these vast rural areas are known for their forest and timber industries, and they are integrating food systems into local economic development. Earlier this month, I joined...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Farming Rural Technology

You’re Invited: Secretary Vilsack Hosts Google+ Hangout on StrikeForce Opportunities

June 11, 2013 Max Finberg, USDA Strike Force Coordinator

Are you a community-based organization or farmer in a rural community that faces persistent poverty, or just someone who wants to improve life in Rural America? Do you have questions on how you can partner with USDA to take advantage of community resources and promote economic development in your...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Rural Technology

USDA Community Connect Project Brings the World to a Rural Ohio Village

June 07, 2013 Heather Hartley, USDA Ohio Public Information Coordinator

It’s long been said, “You can’t go home again.” It looks like someone forgot to tell Levi Morris! Morris, 24, is a law school student at the University of Pennsylvania in big-city Philadelphia. But he was raised in the tiny Southeast Ohio village of Stafford; nestled in the foothills of the...

Rural Technology

Taking Hack-tion for Food, Farmers and America

June 04, 2013 Shayla Mae Bailey, AMS Public Affairs

This past weekend, civic hackers across the country took action—or hack-tion—when they gathered together to use their coding, designing and tech-making powers for good. Armed with a passion for data and working under a framework that focused their energies on solving civic problems, over 11,000...

Food and Nutrition Farming Technology