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Secretary's Column: Disaster Assistance Sign Up for Farmers and Ranchers to Begin April 15

April 11, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Over the past several years, livestock producers have suffered through long-term drought, blizzards and other extreme weather-related disasters. Without the surety of disaster assistance programs, severe weather has caused economic hardship for producers and many have struggled to survive. Since the...

Conservation

Farmers Market Managers: Update or Add Your Listing to the National Directory

April 04, 2014 Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program

Located in Virginia’s horse country, just an hour outside of Washington, DC, is the historic town of Middleburg. Deeply embedded in the town’s roots is a vibrant agricultural sector that is the driving force behind this small community’s success. Each Saturday morning from the spring through the...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Acting Local, Growing Global for Good Food

March 27, 2014 Anne L. Alonzo, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

For over a century, my hometown of Chicago has been a cultural, financial, and agricultural hub. And as a hub, it has a long history of supporting innovation and opportunity. From the first cattle drives came the great Chicago Stockyards that supplied meat to the nation. From the early trading of...

Food and Nutrition Farming Trade

USDA Celebrates National Nutrition Month and Highlights Efforts to Promote a #HealthierNextGen

March 03, 2014 Brooke Hardison, USDA Office of Communications

Today, as we mark the beginning of National Nutrition Month and the start of National School Breakfast Week, and throughout this month, USDA will be highlighting the work of our programs and partner organizations that support a healthier next generation by improving childhood nutrition and reducing...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

#MyFarmBill Responds to Devastating Drought

February 18, 2014 Rebecca Frank, USDA Office of Communications

Last Friday, Secretary Vilsack joined President Obama in California to announce new resources to help farmers and ranchers cope with devastating losses due to one of the state's worst droughts in over 100 years. This much-needed relief will provide up to $100 million in livestock disaster assistance...

USDA Results Conservation

The President Signs the Farm Bill: "A Jobs Bill, an Innovation Bill, a Research Bill, and a Conservation Bill"

February 07, 2014 Lindsay Holst, Director of Online Content for the Office of Digital Strategy

Cross posted from the White House blog: Today, President Obama traveled to Michigan State University's equine performance center in East Lansing to deliver remarks on and sign into law the Agriculture Act of 2014 -- also known as the Farm Bill, which Congress passed earlier this week. It's a bill...

Conservation USDA Results Food and Nutrition Research and Science

#MyFarmBill - You Were Heard, and Thank You

February 07, 2014 Arika Trim, Office of Communications

Today, Secretary Vilsack joined the President in Michigan to sign the 2014 Farm Bill, an accomplishment that would not have been possible without your engagement. Last year we began the #MyFarmBill campaign in an effort to share with all Americans the need for a comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming Research and Science

The Faces of Agriculture - A Glimpse of What the Farm Bill Means to Our Nation

December 16, 2013 Ed Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

A life of farming—whether you grow up in it or are called to it later in life—takes a special kind of commitment and sense of responsibility. The reward is just as unique and appeals only to a handful of people who are willing to literally roll up their sleeves and work hard at a physically- and...

USDA Results Conservation Food and Nutrition

Join us for a Google+ Hangout: The Growing Biobased Market -- Influencers, Insight, and Impacts

December 09, 2013 Kate Lewis, Deputy Program Manager, BioPreferred

Did you know USDA is the federal leader in helping to advance the U.S. bioeconomy through the use of renewable agricultural (plant), marine and forestry raw materials? By using agricultural feed stocks to make everyday finished products like biolubricants, bioplastics, construction materials and...

Conservation Research and Science Technology

I was Local When Local Wasn't Cool

November 22, 2013 Ed Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

No one would ever accuse me of being a trend-setter—especially my kids. But I’m proud to say that I’ve been part of the local food movement my whole life. I grew up on a family farm in New Mexico. For us, local food wasn’t really a trend or a movement. It was how we made our living. By growing...

Food and Nutrition Farming
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