Alabama

Sometimes those of us in Washington DC take ourselves too seriously. I’ve fallen into that trap more than once. So, when it came time to shoot our video on the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) hoop house offering, launched last year as part of the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food...

I was thrilled to stand in the Civic Center in Pelham, Ala., on October 29 th to celebrate the State of Alabama’s great accomplishment of 52 Alabama Public Schools meeting USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge. Alabama has received 39, more than half of HealthierUS School Challenge Gold Awards of...

By Deidra McGee, US Forest Service Public Affairs Specialist The announcement of the More Kids in the Woods (MKIW) challenge cost-share program highlights the multiple outcomes of many USDA Forest Service programs not only within the Agency, but across the Department and reaching to White House...

Stormy, cold, unpleasant weather did not hinder more than 125 people from attending the Job and Economic Growth Forum in Montgomery, Alabama last month hosted by USDA Rural Development and the USDA Farm Service Agency, as a follow-up to the Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth that President Obama...