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Experience the Prairies in the Northern Plains Region

October 24, 2024 Todd Hurley, Public Affairs Specialist, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Vast flatland, fertile soil and endless prairie make up USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) Northern Plains Region, which is comprised of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, this region is known for its cattle and calf...

Research and Science

Growing Faith

June 06, 2024 Nina Bhattacharyya, Senior Technical Specialist, USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

The Tri-Faith Unity Garden and Hope Orchard, a USDA People’s Garden in Omaha, Nebraska, is a natural healing space where people of three faiths gather through the Tri-Faith Initiative. This unique interfaith project —including a synagogue, church, and mosque along with the garden— is a space where...

Farming Initiatives

Expanding Commodity Markets and Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge and Values into Climate Smart Agriculture

January 24, 2023 Heather Dawn Thompson, Director of the USDA Office of Tribal Relations

USDA’s Office of Tribal Relations is excited about the Department’s new investments through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. We’re investing a total of $3.1 billion in 141 projects. More than 20 tribes and tribal groups across the nation are partnering in many of these projects.

Climate Initiatives

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska WIC Garden Partners with Community for Nutrition Education

November 08, 2022 Cheryl Kennedy, Mountain Plains Regional Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

It was a sunny fall day in mid-October when I had the honor of visiting the Omaha Nation WIC program. Upon meeting WIC Director Jessika Free-Bass, I visited the Tribe's WIC garden, which they use to grow produce for client nutrition education. For the Omaha Tribe, nutrition education is a community...

Equity Nutrition Security

Sowing the Seeds of Success: Future Leaders in Agriculture

March 24, 2021 Sally Gifford, USDA Office of Communications

Who are the students pursuing careers in ag? We spoke to college students from minority-serving institutions who recently met (virtually) with USDA officials and partner organizations through the Future Leaders in Agriculture Program. They shared their insights on the event, their studies, and their...

Equity Initiatives

Nebraska RD Staff’s Commitment to Community Shines Amid COVID-19 Crisis

August 06, 2020 Karl L. Elmshaeuser, USDA Rural Development State Director for Nebraska

One of the aspects of my job that I enjoy the most is the opportunity to see how committed RD Nebraska’s team is to its community. That commitment has become even more apparent during the COVID-19 crisis and I’d like to share two examples from our team.

Coronavirus Rural

REAPing America's Clean Energy Future

October 25, 2016 Sam Rikkers, Administrator for Rural Business and Cooperative Service

USDA Rural Development’s Rural Energy for America Program, commonly referred to as ‘REAP’, provides financial resources for rural agricultural producers and small businesses to help them improve their bottom line. REAP provides loan guarantees and small grants to support these producers and owners...

Energy Rural

EPA and USDA Pledge Actions to Support America's Growing Water Quality Trading Markets

August 02, 2016 Ann Mills, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment and Ellen Gilinsky, EPA Office of Water Senior Policy Advisor

Cross-posted from the EPA Connect blog: In September of 2015, EPA and USDA sponsored a three-day national workshop at the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska that brought together more than 200 experts and leaders representing the agricultural community, utilities...

Conservation

Seizing the TechHire Opportunity in Rural America

June 27, 2016 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Jeffrey Zients, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy

Cross-posted from the WhiteHouse.gov blog: There’s an exciting trend underway across the country. More and more, major companies are leaving offshore hubs and turning to rural communities in America for high-quality IT talent. In addition to a narrowing wage gap and higher quality of work in these...

Technology

A Huge Undertaking with Tremendous Benefit - USDA's Integral Role in the National Beef Quality Audit

May 26, 2016 Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator, AMS Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program

About once every five years since 1991, the National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) brings together producers, consumers, academia, and government in a collaborative research and data collection exercise that spans the entire U.S. beef industry. Funded by the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (the beef checkoff...

Food and Nutrition
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