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The Holiday Harvest from Christmas Tree Farms

December 16, 2010 Mary Ann Leonard, Special Projects Coordinator, National Agricultural Library

Nine days til Christmas. Many of you already have your trees up, I'm sure, but for just as many, if not more, your tree will be making it's way home sometime over the next week.

Forestry

Bailey’s Elementary School Students Bring Holiday Cheer

December 16, 2010 Jessica Wade, US Forest Service Sustainable Operations

“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” Talented fifth graders from Bailey’s Elementary School in Falls Church, VA caroled to Forest Service employees in the Yates Building at the Chief’s annual Open House on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. The students cheerfully sang a holiday mix of carols including Let...

Forestry

Giving: The true spirit of Christmas

December 10, 2010 Phil Sammon, US Forest Service public affairs office

Do you have any idea how many ornaments it takes to decorate a 67-foot-tall Christmas tree? Do you ever count your ornaments? For this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree Wyoming did.

Forestry

Nos Unimos con La Raza para Promover la Nutrición Hispana

December 10, 2010 Lisa Pino, Deputy Administrator for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Como Administradora Diputada del Programa SNAP, tuve el gran honor de acompañar a nuestro socio, el Consejo Nacional de La Raza (CNLR), a líderes comunitarios, familias y a un representante de la campaña ¡Vamos a Movernos! ( Let´s Move!) de la Primera Dama durante una conferencia de prensa para...

Spanish Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Integrating Climate Change Issues in Forest Management

December 09, 2010 Sarah Goldfarb; US State Deptartment

Cross-posted from the US State Department Blog from the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) in Cancun, Mexico Addressing the climate challenge requires advancing policies and partnerships that span a number of initiatives, including...

Forestry

Se Aproxima la Fecha Límite para Inscripción en el Programa 2009 de Desastre para los Cultivos de Arroz, Algodón, Semillas de Soya y Camote

November 30, 2010 Isabel Benemelis, FSA

La Agencia de Servicio Agrícola (“Farm Service Agency” o FSA, por sus siglas en inglés) del USDA le recuerda a los productores que tienen hasta el cierre de negocio del jueves, 9 de diciembre, para solicitar asistencia por pérdidas del año 2009 bajo el Programa de Asistencia para Cultivos (“Crop...

Spanish Rural

It stands for more than the season

November 30, 2010 Phil Sammon, US Forest Service Public Affairs Office

It stands as a tribute and image of the season, when we as a nation celebrate Christmas. It is the focus of a nation for the lighting ceremony and is the background of news footage, specials and photographs throughout December. It stands in the spotlight for only a few weeks and then the lights fade...

Forestry

Un Pedazo de Vermont para el Día de Gracias

November 24, 2010 Molly Lambert, USDA Rural Development State Director, Vermont/New Hampshire

La lista de ingredientes fue suficiente para hacer mi boca agua: “Champlain Orchards,” syrup de cidra de manzana, mantequilla local, crema batida y la estrella del evento – puree de calabaza de Vermont. Chaplain Orchards localizada en el precioso Valle de Lake Champlain en Vermont está horneando su...

Spanish Rural

Forest Legacy program reaches 2-million acre milestone in protecting threatened private forests

November 24, 2010 Ellita Harrington Willis, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Service

The USDA Forest Service recently reached a milestone of protecting more than 2 million acres of private forests threatened by development. The Forest Service’s Northeastern Area helped the agency reach the milestone when the state of Ohio purchased a 15,000-acre property as the new Vinton Furnace...

Forestry

Nuevo Programa de Compra, Ayuda a Familia a Lograr sus Sueños de ser Propietario de Vivienda

November 24, 2010 Kelly Edwards, Wisconsin USDA Rural Development Public Information Officer

La familia Yorgey ya estaba cansada de mudarse de una vivienda para otra y de gastar su dinero en los pagos de la renta. Ellos tenian el sueño de tener un hogar permanente de su propiedad para vivir con su familia, la cual se ha expandido. Pero esa idea estaba muy lejos de convertirse en realidad...

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