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Simple Measures Pave Way to Recovery for Rare Kentucky Plant

January 12, 2016 Tyler Willingham, U.S. Forest Service, Southern Region

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 USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. A hike through Kentucky’s Red River Gorge is a trip that outdoor enthusiasts never forget. The adventure begins amid rugged...

Forestry

Change Beyond the Plate

January 05, 2016 Shayla Bailey, AMS Public Affairs

The following guest blog from a school and community nutrition services director in Louisville, Kentucky highlights how non-profit School Food FOCUS relies on USDA’s Process Verified Program (PVP) to help increase transparency and choice for school food purchases. USDA’s objective, third-party...

Food and Nutrition

University of Kentucky Collaboration Empowers Louisville's Homeless Youth

August 31, 2015 Kelly Flynn, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that every year more than 1.7 million teens experience homelessness in the United States. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, Louisville, Kentucky, had 555 young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 stay in homeless shelters over the past year. When...

Initiatives

Partners Make Access to Meals for Children Possible Year Round in Kentucky

August 14, 2015 Katherine Belcher, Kentucky USDA Rural Development

Kids in bright summer play clothes come running with smiles and laughter as the white cargo van rolls to a stop near a playground and the rear doors swing open. No, it’s not the ice cream truck. It is something better – the lunch ladies from Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council ( KCEOC)...

Food and Nutrition Rural

Safe and Secure Rural Homes: Continuing the Tradition in Kentucky

June 09, 2015 Tom Fern, Kentucky State Director

USDA celebrates National Homeownership Month each year in June, and we continue to shine the spotlight on projects across the nation. I wanted to illustrate the work we do to provide ladders of opportunity for rural residents who might not have such an opportunity without the support of USDA Rural...

Rural

A Dream of Farming Becomes a Reality for this Kentucky Farm Mom

June 01, 2015 Christy Morgan, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Kentucky

Emily Diamond is a wife, mother, and farmer. She and her family own and operate the Diamond Family Farm in LaGrange, Kentucky. Emily’s farm supplies meat for her family and to the surrounding community through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Through CSAs, the community commits to buying the...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Lessons Learned from a Food Service Director: Kids Like Healthy Foods

May 12, 2015 Brooke Hardison, USDA Office of Communications

The following guest blog is part of our Cafeteria Stories series, highlighting the efforts of hard working school nutrition professionals who are dedicated to making the healthy choice the easy choice at schools across the country. We thank them for sharing their stories! By Sharon Foley, Food...

Food and Nutrition

$1 Billion Invested in Rural Health Care Across 13 States

May 04, 2015 Brandon McBride, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Karen B. DeSalvo, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.

In late 2011, the President announced a White House Rural Council initiative lead by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to invest in rural health and link rural doctors and hospitals to financing for health IT. The initiative was designed to...

Rural Technology

Kentucky Agriculture - Snapshot of Bluegrass State Farming

April 30, 2015 Dave Knopf, Eastern Mountain Region Director, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Kentucky and...

Conservation

Accelerating Economic Mobility Through Promise Zone Partnerships

April 29, 2015 USDA Office of Communications

In 2014, President Obama identified the first five communities to be part of the Promise Zone initiative -- a new placed-based effort to leverage investments, increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities and improve the quality of life in some of our country’s most challenged...

Conservation
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