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RCPP to Help Improve Water Quality in Lake Erie, Other American Waterbodies

January 16, 2015 Krysta Harden, Agriculture Deputy Secretary

In the first wave of funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), 70 percent of the 100-plus projects focused on providing for clean and abundant water. Of these many projects, one in the Great Lakes region is poised to do an excellent job in engaging and empowering an army...

Conservation

Working Together to Improve Water Quality Along the Lake Erie Shore

August 21, 2014 Chris Coulon, Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDA has a long history of investment in water quality and quantity issues. Still, Toledo, Ohio Mayor Michael Collins issued an emergency water advisory leaving about 500,000 people without clean tap water to drink or cook with from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4. The reason for the advisory: toxins produced by...

Conservation

USDA and Senator Brown Team Up to Fight Summer Hunger in Ohio

February 04, 2011 Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary, USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

I never tire of meeting the organizations and individuals across our great country that help feed hungry children. In late January, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown teamed up with the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks to hold a summit on preventing child...

Food and Nutrition
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