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Fire Adapted Communities Help Reduce Wildfire Spread, Damage

June 30, 2010 acampbell

When it comes to natural disasters and tragedies, most people opt for complete avoidance. But what should you do when it is not a matter of avoidance, but minimizing risk? Most experts will agree that being prepared to adapt to the expected conditions is the best plan:

Forestry

USDA Funding Support Helps a Native Learning Center in Rural Alaska to Grow

June 30, 2010 Tiffany Tony, Yuut Elitnaurviat – People’s Learning Center, Bethel, Alaska

Yuut Elitnaurviat – People’s Learning Center (YE) is a non-profit vocational training center created by regional leaders to address the unique training and vocational education needs of the primarily Native residents of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Region of southwestern Alaska. YE has been carefully...

Initiatives Rural

New Jersey Mom, 89, and her 70 Year Old Daughter Buy a House Thanks to a USDA Direct Home Loan

June 30, 2010 Cindy O'Grady, USDA Rural Development, New Jersey

Elizabeth and Doris Jones are a mother and daughter living in Penns Grove, New Jersey. Elizabeth is 89 and Doris is 70. They both lived in separate one bedroom apartment units for almost 30 years. Now, thanks to USDA’s Direct Home Loan Program, they have their own house with a yard.

Rural

Don’t Miss Meat and Poultry Hotline Manager Diane Van’s Live Facebook Chat, Thursday at 1:00 p.m. EDT

June 30, 2010

The mercury is rising as we near the 4 th of July weekend, and so are opportunities for foodborne illness. To ward off the potential food disasters that large gatherings, sweltering heat, and high humidity can combine to create, FSIS is taking a new approach to getting its Be Food Safe message to...

Health and Safety