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Still Made in Rural America: Steel in California Gold Country

October 24, 2014 Glenda Humiston, California State Director, USDA Rural Development

Small town Oroville, California sits on the banks of the Feather River at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It was established to supply the thousands of prospectors headed to Bidwell Bar, one of the first gold rush mines in the state. Today, this community of 16,260 people produces much...

Rural

President Obama Visits Wisconsin Manufacturers Revitalized with USDA Loan Guarantee Support

January 28, 2011 Judith Canales, Administrator for USDA Rural Development Business and Cooperative Programs

President Barack Obama visited three businesses in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, this week on the heels of the State of the Union address. The main event was his address to the employees of Orion Energy Systems Inc. Orion designs and produces energy management systems consisting primarily of high...

Initiatives Energy Rural
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