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Olympic 2014 Winter Games


Made in Rural America: Value-added Agriculture Takes Oregon Wool from Ranch to Runway and, Now, to the Olympics

November 13, 2013 Vicki Walker, USDA Rural Development Oregon State Director

I am thrilled to share with you some very good news from Oregon’s high desert. Ralph Lauren, the iconic American brand and U.S. Olympic team sponsor, recently announced they will be using wool produced by one of our Value Added Producer Grant Program (VAPG) participants, Imperial Stock Ranch, to...

Rural

Alaska's Chugach National Forest Provides a World-Class Training Ground for Olympic Hopefuls

October 21, 2013 Sara Boario, Chugach National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

America’s elite, Olympic-bound Nordic skiers have a high-altitude secret they hope will give them an edge in Sochi, Russia, during the 2014 Winter Olympics in late February. Team members take a 10-minute helicopter ride from sea level up to Eagle Glacier on Alaska’s Chugach National Forest, the most...

Forestry
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