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Agencies Making Progress to Connect America

January 13, 2017 Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator and Lisa Mensah, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development

Over the last eight years, our agencies have worked to expand the availability and adoption of broadband in recognition of the increasingly important role that the Internet is playing in every facet of society. Recognizing the opportunity to marshal resources across the entire federal government...

Technology

A New Retirement Account Option for Farm Households

December 20, 2016 Todd Atkinson, Farm Service Agency Director of External Affairs and Jamal Habibi, U.S. Department of the Treasury Director of Outreach, Office of Domestic Finance

In agriculture, retirement can mean something quite different compared with other U.S. households. Often, our parents and senior relatives on the farm or ranch are far from “retired,” and, in fact, remain active participants in daily operations and decisions.

USDA Results

USDA Officials Participate in African American Policy Forum in Mississippi

June 29, 2012 Megan Pittman, USDA Rural Development Mississippi Public Information Coordinator

On Wednesday, June 13, the White House, in conjunction with Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hosted an African American Regional Policy Forum at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. This forum is...

Initiatives

Expanding Access to Healthy Food for All Communities

February 02, 2011 Nicole Nelson, Agricultural Marketing Service

USDA has launched a resource to assist in expanding access to healthy food and eliminating food deserts: www.usda.gov/fooddeserts. As outlined by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative, three Federal Departments – Agriculture, Treasury, and Health and Human Services – are working...

Health and Safety Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives
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