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The Link Between Rural and Urban Americans

September 22, 2011 Doug O’Brien, Deputy Under Secretary, USDA Rural Development

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to speak before a group of city and town planners at a forum hosted by the American Planning Association. Before I spoke I asked the crowd to raise their hands if they had worked in a community of less than 50,000 population. To my surprise, three-quarters of...

USDA Results Rural

Dr. Brian McCluskey Discusses Serving as an APHIS Veterinarian for Over 20 Years

September 15, 2011 Dr. Brian McCluskey, APHIS Veterinary Services Chief Epidemiologist, Fort Collins, CO

I’m Brian McCluskey, Chief Epidemiologist for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services. I’ve been with APHIS for more than 20 years and served in many different capacities. I decided to become a veterinarian during my junior year in college, as a way to combine my...

Animals Plants

Foreign Officials See Agricultural Diversity of the Pacific Northwest

September 13, 2011 Allen Alexander, Director of Protocol and Representation Staff, Foreign Agricultural Service

This week, I am taking 21 representatives of foreign embassies in our nation’s capital to Washington state and Oregon for the Foreign Agricultural Service’s 26 th annual orientation tour. These representatives are from Angola, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Fiji, France...

Trade

USDA Official Hears Need For USDA Programs At Towns and Townships Event

September 09, 2011 David Glasgow, USDA Rural Development Public Information Office

“Small towns and rural communities need assistance from USDA Rural Development, now more than ever.” That was the consensus of attendees participating in a breakout session at the National Association of Towns and Townships (NATaT) annual meeting in Washington in early September. During and after...

Rural

Students Monitor Urban Wood for Knowledge and Experience

August 31, 2011 Robert Fitzhenry, US Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry

District of Columbia science classes help in an enhanced pest detection program. The Challenge – Non-native wood-boring insects and pathogens that infest and kill trees pose a serious threat to our nation's forests. But monitoring trees to look for emerging insects is time-consuming and resource...

Forestry

Farmers’ Markets by the White House Hosts National Farmers Week and World Breastfeeding Week Festivities

August 17, 2011 Katie Koh, Intern for the Let’s Move! Initiative

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: On August 4, the Farmers Market by the White House was bustling with individuals celebrating World Breastfeeding Week and National Farmers Market Week. The festival’s purpose was to recognize the value of farmers markets and the role that nutritious fruits and...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Team RD Washington Gathers Feedback From Key Stakeholders To Improve Help In Regulatory Review

August 09, 2011 Phil Eggman, Washington Public Information Officer

How do you garner valuable feedback from key partners and stakeholders from around your state? Just ask and let them speak, which is what USDA Rural Development leadership did in Washington State when they convened a stakeholder outreach meeting in Olympia on July 29 to discuss Rural Development...

Rural

Focus on Hunger Among Latinos: President Obama and USDA’s Lisa Pino Visit National Council of La Raza

August 08, 2011 Gretchen Ruethling; Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach; Food and Nutrition Service

In the U.S., Hispanic households experience hunger at rates that are higher than the national average. According to USDA research, one out of every four Hispanic households in the U.S. is food insecure, compared with a national average of 15 percent. Hispanics also participate in the Supplemental...

Food and Nutrition

Let’s Move! in Action at the USDA Farmers Market and People’s Garden

June 13, 2011 Rebecca Shively, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: In his opening remarks at this season’s first Department of Agriculture Farmers Market, held adjacent to our headquarters on the National Mall, Secretary Vilsack spoke about the national movement to rebuild our rural economy and connect urban communities with...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

A Green Ride to School

May 31, 2011 Sandy Miller Hays, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio.

Energy Research and Science
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