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USDA Agencies Provide Fresh Local Food to Bangor Area Shelter

September 28, 2010 Virginia Manuel, USDA Rural Development State Director, Maine

USDA Rural Development, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency employees delivered a bounty of fresh vegetables to Manna Ministries in Bangor on September 10. It marked the eleventh delivery of garden vegetables this summer. The heaps of fresh tomatoes, summer squash...

Conservation Initiatives Rural

Southwest Regional Feds, Farmers and Friends Feed Families Food Drive 2010

September 28, 2010 Lupe Gomez, Food Driver Coordinator, Human Resources Department, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southwest Regional Office

This summer I had the honor of organizing the Feds, Farmers and Friends Feed Families Food Drive for the Southwest Region Food and Nutrition Service. As the human resources liaison for the region, I don’t get the opportunity to work directly with partners or clients so this food drive gave me a very...

Food and Nutrition

Virtual Fencing: Control from Above

September 28, 2010 Dean M. Anderson, Animal Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, N.M.

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. While driving, have you ever wondered why there are so many fences to interrupt your soul-satisfying, wide-open-spaces...

Rural Research and Science

Native American Business in Nevada Gets a Boost from USDA and the Recovery Act

September 28, 2010 Grant Allen, USDA Rural Development Nevada Student Intern

USDA Rural Development along with The Walker River Paiute Tribe (WRPT) scheduled a Resource Fair to accompany the Completion Ceremony of their newly constructed Four Seasons Fireworks Building. The Completion Ceremony and Resource Fair took place on September 17, 2010 in Schurz, Nevada. The new...

Rural