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Secretary Vilsack Tours Tornado Damage in Mississippi, Says USDA Rural Development Programs Can Help in Recovery Efforts

May 03, 2011 Ken Stribling, Public Information Coordinator, Mississippi Rural Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Obama Administration Cabinet members Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, as well as Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, Small Business...

Rural

HUD Sustainable Communities Grants Support Local Food Systems

January 19, 2011 Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary, Housing and Urban Development

The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently awarded $40 million in Sustainable Community Challenge Grants to help support local planning designed to integrate affordable housing, good jobs and public transportation. These grants are designed to foster reform and reduce barriers to...

USDA Results Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

A Regional Collaboration in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

December 14, 2010 Molly Lambert, USDA Rural Development Vermont State Director

Earlier this month I joined USDA Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Conservation, (NRCS) Ann Mills, and Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat, David Aten, in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont for a “Great Regions” convening. Federal, state and local officials joined members of the...

Rural

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and Partners Break Ground On a New Health Center and Multi-Family Housing

November 29, 2010 Virginia Manuel, Maine Rural Development State Director

Before partners broke ground on two important community projects on November 15, tribal member Dayna Boyce performed a sacred blessing over the Maliseet tribal land, offering tobacco to bless the earth and giving thanks to the earth for the land to build upon. The Tribe will soon have a brand new...

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