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Joani Walsh

From West Virginia to Ohio, Food Fuels the Local Economy

June 17, 2013 Doug O’Brien, Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development

West Virginia and Appalachian Ohio have a lot in common beyond their shared state border. With a strong agricultural heritage, these vast rural areas are known for their forest and timber industries, and they are integrating food systems into local economic development. Earlier this month, I joined...

USDA Results Food and Nutrition Farming Rural Technology

In Pennsylvania, Farmers Markets Offer Opportunity to Producers and Communities

August 17, 2012 Joani Walsh, Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Pennsylvania is among the country’s top ten states represented in the USDA’s National Farmers Market Directory. I recently completed a trip through the Fruit Belt to the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia to see how USDA’s support of farmers market development is impacting communities and helping...

Food and Nutrition Farming
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