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NRCS District Conservationist Does Double Duty as Major General in Iraq

March 22, 2012 Jaime Tankersley, NRCS Texas

When on duty, Major General Eddy M. Spurgin is the commanding general for the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard, but when stateside, he serves as the district conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Big Spring, Texas.

Conservation

USDA Employee Lends his Agricultural Knowhow Toward the Betterment of Iraq

August 25, 2011 Karoline S. Newell, USDA Public Affairs Specialist

For the past year, Thaddeus White provided education and training to the Iraqi people as an advisor for the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Baghdad.

Food and Nutrition Trade

USDA Employee Founds 4-H in Iraq, Brings Hope to Iraqi Youth

July 05, 2011 Karoline Scott, Foreign Agricultural Service, Public Affairs Specialist

Since the early twentieth century, 4-H (head-heart-hands-health) has been an avenue for American boys and girls to develop leadership skills, receive vocational training, participate in community service and much more. Today, 4-H, which is USDA’s premier youth development program, has clubs in 81...

Trade

First USDA Agribusiness Trade Mission to Iraq Arrives in Baghdad

June 08, 2010

By Dan Berman, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service

Food and Nutrition Trade
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