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USDA Announces Funding for Broadband Projects in Arkansas, Iowa and New Mexico

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has funded three rural telecommunications infrastructure projects that will improve broadband service in portions of rural Arkansas, Iowa and New Mexico. This announcement coincides with the news that the...

USDA Awards $200 Million for Skills Training to Help SNAP Recipients Get Good Jobs

ATLANTA, March 20, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, joined by Labor Secretary Tom Perez, today announced the recipients of $200 million in competitive awards to fund and evaluate pilot projects in 10 states to help Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) participants find jobs...

Medical Experts Call on Congress to Maintain Healthy School Meal Standards (Transcript)

Audio Transcript of Media Call with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Dr. Robert M. Wah of the American Medical Association, Dr. Benard Dreyer of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Chief Medical Officer for Prevention at the American Heart Association (Moderator): Hello...

USDA Partners with University of Kentucky to Establish National Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 19, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and University of Kentucky-Lexington officials today to announce the establishment of the USDA Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. The Center...

USDA Expands StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity to Build Rural Economies

Lexington, KY, March 19, 2015 - USDA Secretary Vilsack today announced an expansion of the USDA StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity to address chronic rural poverty in 32 identified counties in Oklahoma and the entire island of Puerto Rico. Today's announcement brings StrikeForce...

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on National Agriculture Day

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement: "On this National Agriculture Day, we acknowledge the impact of American agriculture on our daily lives and our nation's economy. We thank the scientists, conservationists, farmers and ranchers...

Family Farms are the Focus of New Agriculture Census Data

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that family-owned farms remain the backbone of the agriculture industry. The latest data come from the Census of Agriculture farm typology report and help shine light on the...

USDA Announces $97 Million Available to Expand Access to Healthy Food, Support Rural Economies

Audio WICHITA, Kan., March 16, 2015 - In a speech at the National Farmers Union Convention today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of $96.8 million in grants to fund innovative projects designed to support specialty crop producers, local food entrepreneurs, and farm to...

Statement from Secretary Vilsack on Proposals for USDA Action Following Summit on Agricultural Coexistence

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement after the successful conclusion of the Stakeholder Workshop on Coexistence hosted by North Carolina State University March 12 and 13, and proposed USDA actions discussed by conference participants:...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary Vilsack at the Stakeholder Workshop on Coexistence in Raleigh, North Carolina

Welcome, and thank you all for being here today. We are here because we care deeply about the future of farming in this country. We have a shared responsibility to the future of agriculture in the United States: to provide for the American consumer and billions more around the world. To care for the...