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USDA a Hit at FFA Convention in Indianapolis

October 28, 2010 By Alyn Kiel, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA APHIS

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and several other U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies had staff at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis last week to share agricultural information with 50,000 enthusiastic FFA members, aged 12-21, and their families.

Animals Plants

Addressing Hunger with Fresh and Local Foods

October 28, 2010 Tammye Treviño, Administrator, Rural Housing Service

Here’s the second video in our three-part series introducing Rural Development programs that can support local and regional food systems:

Food and Nutrition Farming Rural

Nature Is Their Classroom-USDA Honors a Utah School as they Dedicate new Classrooms

October 28, 2010 Donna Birk, Utah USDA Public Information Officer

Blue Skies and excitement in the air was the setting for the recent celebration of dedicating three new classroom buildings at Soldier Hollow Charter School (SHCS), in Midway, Utah. The new buildings were designed to fit perfectly into the stunning mountain terrain. The school is recognized for its...

Rural

North Carolina School Construction Project Moves Forward Thanks to the Recovery Act

October 28, 2010 Delane Johnson, North Carolina USDA Public Information Specialist

USDA Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Vasquez and Congressman Bob Etheridge along with North Carolina Rural Development State Director Randall Gore visited the Middlesex Elementary School construction site in Nash County, North Carolina earlier this week. The project was funded through the...

Initiatives Rural